The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-11-30
ITEMS FROM THE PILOT FILES.
FIFTY YEARS AGO.

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FIFTY YEARS AGO.
MILITARY.-The Scandinavian COM
pany under Capt. Gustaveson, is now
drilling, and the members 60 through
the tactics with mnch military pre-
cision. The company is filing up
rapidly, but few more men will be
taken. 1t is good chance for those
who wish to enlist.
| THE COUNTY BoARD,-This body adj
journed on Wednesday evening, after
a session of Is days. We shall COM
mence publishing the proceedings in
our next.
The county poor system has not
been disturbed. The following gentle
men were elected poor commissioners:
Jason Pellet, Louis Faulhaber and
Chas. Hottlelman.
The following gentlemen were elect
ed commissioners of the drainage fund:
Dr. II. w. Tucker, Ii. Fl. Smith and
| FREQ ScnmltZ.
| MESSAGE OF JEFF DAVIS The con-
gress of the rebel states met in Rich
mond last week. The papers are pub
fishing extracts from jeff Davis
message, but we have not room for
more than one or two. In one place
ne says; 1--WE might find ample vindi-
cation in the course we have adopted
in the scenes which are now being en-
acted in the United States. Our
| people now look with contemptuous
astonishment on those with whom
| they have been SO recently associated.
| They shrink with aversion from the
bare idea OF renewing such a feeling.
We may be content to live at peace,
but our separation from them is final,
and for the independence we have as
serted, we will accept no alternative"
He concludes his message in the fol-
lowing language:
while the war is waged to take
from us our self-government that end
| can never attain. 1t remains to be
seen how far it may work a revolution
in the industrial system of the world,
which must carry suffering to other
lands as well as our own. In the
meantime we shall continue to struggle
in humble dependence upon Provi.
dence from whose searching scrutiny
we cannot conceal the secrets of our
hearts, and to whose rule we confident
ly submit our destinies.
For the rest we shall depend upon
ourselves. Liberty is always won,
where there exists the unconquerable
will to be free, and we have reason to
know the strength that is given by
conscious sense not only of the magni-
tude, but of the Righteousness of our
cause"
MARRIED. AT the Catholic church,
in Mantowoc, Nov. "a, 1861, by Rev.
j. N. Peiffer, Mr.. Lawrence Gill to
Miss Mary Morrissey, both TO Maple
Grove.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO.
Thomas Hayes, a Meeme boy and
one of the best of 'em, and for soine
time an engineer on the road, made
Manitowoc visit during Thanksgiv-
ing.
DIED.
Mendlik.-At the residence of
Frank Fischer, Esq, in this city, at 2
a. M. Friday, Nov. 26 Mrs. Veronica
Mendlik, aged 81 years. Mrs. Mendlik
was born in Bohemia from whence she
emigrated to America in 1854, settling
at Racine. She leaves seven children,
among whom are Messrs. John and
Henry and Mrs. Frank Fischer of this
city, Louis of Amigo and Mrs. Petrau
of Milwaukee. Her funeral took place
on Sunday. She was an estimable
woman and during her life enjoyed the
respect of all who knew her.
Wernecke.--At Newton on Sunday,
Nov. 2S, 1856, Carl Wernecke, aged "a
years. Mr.. WerneckeIwa native of
SaXony, Germany, which place he left
in company with two brothers and
sister in lS4S. Arriving in America
the party Immediately came to Mani
towoc county and settled upon the site
of his present fine farm upon which he
remained until his death. His last
| visit to the city was on "Wednesday
| last, when as a member OF the county
| board of supervisors he was in attend
| ance at its session. Returning home
| that afternoon he contracted severe
cold to which, however, no particular
attention was paid as nothing OF serious
nature was anticipated. Pneumonia
seized him, and when medical attend
dance was summoned 1t was too late
and death resulted on Sunday evening.
He leaves six grown children and a
large circle OF friends to mourn his
| death.
Nash.-At the residence OF L. J.
Nash, Esq, on Saturday, Nov. 27,
Francis Nash, aged 50 years. Mr..
Nash was Of Connecticut ancestry, one
of whom according to family tradition
helped to lay out the town plat OF
Hartford. He was born in 1904 in Co
lumba county, near Albany, N. Y.
In 1911 with his parents he moved into