I . I -In the Items of fifty years ago Hated In the Milwaukee Sentinel the other ' «Jay wna a note of tHe hftlval fit-MU-wftukee of the tug Kitty Smoke with-a delegation of citizens from the hnr- . them porta who were to attend thestate Democratic cohyehUoa, The Kitty Smoko was a Manitowoc bum boat and at the time of her launch* in* was the largest tag afloat anyWhere on the. Great Xakes. . .Slio wasHunched atf the foot or North Sixth Street on April 19, 1S64 or more than ' 50 years ago. The date of her launch- lt;Ing was a gala event in the village but ’ news of the disaster, to the Seabird lt;was received shortly after the tug had taken the water and tn'rped fhn gavlt;*ty into sorrow and apprehension. 'TheKitty gmoke was named in honor ot: a| lt;Manitowoc young lady and for years i wa8 the pride of the lake. t —--11