“Short Takes.” from the August 17, 1889 Door County Advocate
SHORT TAKES.
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—Be ready to attend “The Deestrick School” which opens week after next. Tuition fee light.
—An entertainment worth having is in course of preparation, and will be offered to our citizens in a couple of weeks.
—Attention is directed to the several new advertisements published in to-day’s paper. Do not fail to look them ever.
—The several restaurants and refreshment stands in the city did a flourishing business Monday on the occasion of the DePere excursion.
—New subscribers continue to come in at a very encouraging rate, but we still have plenty of room for more. Send them along, neighbors.
—The next social of the Methodist church will meet next Wednesday evening with Mrs. L. S. Scott. Everybody is cordially invited to attend.
—This (Friday) evening there will be singing, recitations, cake and coffee at the Congregational church. All for ten cents, to be paid on admission.
—John Ryan secured eighty tons of Hay from thirty acres. A. W. Lawrence is said to have cut and cured about two hundred tons on his farm in this city.
—Two of the shingle machines in Leathem & Smith’s mill started up again Tuesday morning, but at this writing the others have not been put in operation.
—If you want to see a real curiosity in the guise of hen fruit call at the sample room of Pat McLachlin. The egg was produced by a hen belonging to John Strahan, of Sevastopol.
—Report has it that Thos. Gillespie has leased the store room in Peschon’s building for the purpose of putting in a stock of general merchandise as soon as it is vacated by Tifft & Hay.
—The contract for painting the fence inclosing Bayside cemetery was on Saturday awarded to A. Green and B. Deiter, who agree to do the work and furnish the material for fifty-five dollars.
—Among the cases noted for trial at the approaching term of the supreme court are two from this county: E. N. Anderson vs. John Fetzer and G. W. Youngs, and O. E. Dreutzer vs. Eli S. Graham.
—Capt. Kalmbach reports the receipt of fish a little more liberal now, enough so to enable him to send out about fifteen hundred pounds every night. The prices remain the same as previously reported.
—The ladies of St. Joseph church society contemplate giving an excursion to Menominee on the propeller Moore in a couple of weeks, the net proceeds to assist in defraying the expense incurred in the construction of the new edifice.
—An unknown disease is affecting some of the cows hereabouts. On Thursday morning a valuable Jersey belonging to Ed. Schreiber died very suddenly, and a short time before that an animal belonging to Augustin Minor died under similar circumstances.
Tifft & Hay hope to get their new building ready for occupancy by the 1st of October. Everything will of course depend on the weather. Had this been favorable since operations commenced, the brickwork would have been nearly or quite finished by ‘ this time.
—Last week Gus. Sander, of Liberty Grove sent us heads of wheat, oats and grass raised on his farm, which are the largest that we have seen this year, varying from six to twelve inches in length. Mr. 8ander says that crops are all looking well in that section of the county.
—A “scrap”’ took place between a couple of men at the corner of Cedar and Cottage streets about 10 o’clock Wednesday evening, which drew quite a crowd of spectators. The “mill” was conducted in true scientific style, and one of the combatants went to grass in good shape.
—A company of ladies and gentlemen of this city will give a dramatic entertainment at Opera hall next Thursday evening for the benefit of the Methodist church. Messrs. Cromley and Redman of the Mason & Morgan troupe have kindly consented to act as managers. Further particulars next week.
—After the rain Tuesday night the atmosphere grew so chilly that warmer clothing was in demand the following morning. Everything betokens an early fall this season, there being every evidence that the autumnal season will set in much sooner than formerly. Some attribute this to the early spring and mild winter.
—By the giving way of the foundation a pile of lumber was on Wednesday precipitated into the bay at the upper mill wharf, and Joseph Leidel, an employe, took an voluntary bath. Leidel was working on the pile at the time of the accident, but barring the wetting he suffered no harm. All the lumber has been recovered intact.
—Minor’s large scow is being decked over in order to accommodate the soldier boys from this county who expect to attend the national encampment. Suitable quarters will be provided for fifty or seventy-five men, who can stay on board during the continuance of the big blow-out. The craft will be towed to and from Milwaukee by the tug Spalding.
—The election of F. J. Powell as superintendent of the public schools will necessitate the election of another principal of the high school to fill the vacancy caused by his promotion. The board will see that the responsible position is ably filled.—Marinette Eagle.
This city has no such trouble. The board of education simply elects the principal superintendent and the problem is solved.
—The Regulars finally got away with the Menekaunes at the game of ball played on the fair grounds here last Sunday afternoon, the score standing twenty-nine to four-teen in favor of the home club. The local team received aid from Jacksonport in the persons of Joseph LeMere and Michael Reynolds, who are said to be two of the best ballplayers in the county to-day.
—’’Labor day,” which occurs on Saturday, the 31st inst., promises to be a big event among the working-men and their families. A good many people from the Menominee river will come here to participate in the festivities, and to accommodate the large crowds elaborate preparations are already being made by the local branch of the American Federation of Labor. A programme of exercises will he found in our advertising columns.
—The council met Monday evening to enable the representative of the Eastern electric light and water works company to state his proposition. No action was taken by the council, and it is not likely that any will be. An additional tax of $3,000 a year on the city is a pretty big burden to assume at this time. We want to see all the modern improvements here as soon as possible, but it is well to exercise a little care in assuming new liabilities. At least these are our sentiments.
—Charles Mashek, of Lily Bay, was seen by a reporter Thursday, and it was learned that the work of removing the sawmill to Whitefish Bay himself is progressing at a lively rate. “The mill has all been taken down and the lumber and timber removed to Whitefish Bay, already,” said he. “This made thirty wagon loads and there will probably be a dozen or so more. We will have the engine and boiler taken over also, and expect to get the whole thing transferred before the fall rains set in.” Mr. Mashek stated that he wou1d go to Whitefish Bay himself and carry on and carry on business at that point, the store at Lily Bay to be left in charge of George Jertle.
—On Monday occurred the fortieth anniversary of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. R. Mann, they having been wedded in “Old England” on the 12th day of August, 1849. In the evening a number of friends and neighbors paid their respects to the couple and several hours were very pleasantly and profitably spent in social intercourse, etc. Mr. and Mrs. Mann are among our oldest and most estimable people and the ADVOCATE hopes to be able to chronicle their golden wedding ten years hence.
—The opening of the Catholic school has been postponed until Tuesday, Aug. 27th. The teacher for the following year are Sister Mary Romana, formerly of St. Catherine’s Academy, Racine, superior and teacher of grammar department. Sister Mary Alvara resumes her place as teacher of the intermediate department, and Sister Mary Dolorosa, formerly of St. Patrick’s school, Racine, will take charge of the preparatory department. After the first term this year a high school will probably be opened and placed in charge of Sister Romana.
—Chas. A. Masse visited other sections of the Belgian settlement again the first of this week and he reports that the condition of crops is more favorable than previously stated. “It is true there are a good many fields of fall wheat that will yield little or nothing; but this is not the rule by any means. It appears to have worked there in streaks as well as elsewhere in the county. Some fields contain excellent grain, while others, separated by only a few rods, contain nothing but a lot of overgrown straw. On the whole the people will receive fair crops, and they are feeling very much encouraged at the prospects.”
—Joseph Fax, the night watchman at the bridge, tells about the queer antics of a boozy individual. At an early hour Sunday morning Mr. Fax observed a man coming from the city with the evident intention of crossing over to Bay View. When he arrived at the house of the tender Mr. Fax demanded the fare, whereupon the stranger threw himself on the floor as if preparing to take a rest. He was made to get up and he started toward a nook in the railing just at the east end of the approach to the coal dock. Here he again threw himself down on the floor. Mr. Fax requested him to get up and continue on his way, and the first thing the tender knew he observed the man get up and proceed to climb over the rail of the bridge. He made a rush for the drunken fellow, and succeeded in holding him until the arrival of Xavier Gattie, who was aroused from his sleep by the cry of alarm raised by his assistant. It is evident that the man, whose name could not be ascertained, had been drinking heavily during the preceding night, and becoming bewildered while crossing the bridge had mistaken the railing for a board fence. It is also evident that the coroner would have had another subject if Mr. Fax had not collared the fellow just when he did. Moral: Don’t get drunk when you have a bridge to cross. Don’t get drunk at all is still better advice.
Courtesy of the Door County Library Newspaper Archive
Articles by Frank Long
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