Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1871-10-31
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Our Reporter ON the Alert.

Our Reporter On the Alert.
eY A composition can find perma
nent employment by addressing thi
Office Immediately.
Old papers for sale at this office.
Bars Ague Medicine is not bit
tiers, but a carefully prepared tonic.
The joist for the second floor are all
laid at Fletcher's new hotel.
The work on Comstock's new house
is progressing quite rapidly.
Mayor Carpenter feels happy over q
new conner at his house-a daughter.
A. Anspach will soon go east on a
visit, and will be gone some months.
Parties are nearly every day start
ing for the woods, there to remain dur.
ing the winter.
We would advise the hands in the
Pioneer Office not to let us get them
away from their present employer.
The first snow of the season fell at
this place last Friday. 1t tried hard
all day to snow, and in the evening
the ground was quite white:
David Thompson, who lives on
Fletcher street, was made happy on
Saturday week, by his wife presenting
him with a son.
Goodrich sells writing paper and
envelopes cheaper than any other deal
or in town.
Barr's Ague Medicine is worth a
thousand dollars to an ague patient
1t costs but one dollar.
Gillett & Jeffers are laying in
large stock of groceries, provisions,
vegetables, ETC., for winter consump-
ton.
ID. G. Dunn caught large owl,
on Friday, which measured four feet
and six inches from tip to tip of the
wings.
When a young man sits up with his
hearts delight till three o'clock in the
morning, and returns to his boarding
house to find himself locked out, he
should always remove the ladder after
climbing to his room, least it may be
seen when daylight approaches.
The addition in the rear of Black
burns building is nearly completed.
A. i. Power returned home last
week, having ordered large supply
of goods for winter.
Will. II. Johnson's store house is
nearly finished.
Bolton & McRae have moved into
their new store, which is the finest in
the city, and everything is in apple
pie order.
In malarious regions, Barr's Ague
Medicine should be used as a proven
tative.
Barlow's mill, which has been quiet
fer four days, will commence running
again tomorrow.
j. r. Beach is still adding to his
livery. Last Friday he purchased
matched span of beautiful bay horses,
and he intends to make still further
additions.
l.. B. Howard, who has been out of
practice for year and a half, has gone
!, Au Sable to get his hand in, ready
br business when the telegraph reaches
this city.
The river assumed a lively appear
ance Sunday. The steamers City of
Sandusky, Marine City, Wenona, and
Galena were all lying at the docks
There were several sal vessels at the
various docks.
Several roughs, filled with tangle-
foot, had general set to near a board
ing house, on Third street, about III
o'clock Saturday night.
Ask your druggist for Bars Ague
Medicine, if you have the Chills
Last Saturday night some one en-
tered Barlow's barn, near the mill, and
stole a quantity of oats.
Three girls wanted to do homework.
Apply at this Office.
Butterfeld & Folkerts are building
an outdoor cellar in the rear of their
store.
The Board of Supervisors met again
yesterday.
A wing is being added to house
east of the M. 4. Church.
Two boys wanted at this Office to
learn the printing business. |,
There is yet half million feet of
logs to be sawed at Barlow's mill be-
fore it will shut down for the winter.
Butterfeld & Folkerts' mill ceases
operations this week for the winter.
Chas. Wurst, who owns the barber
shop in Blackburn's building, informs {