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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-06-06
COUNT Won BISMARCK,

COUNT ven BISMARCK,
The man to whom more than all others, is Prussia in
tons, says Absurd the high Hat is Il does keeT
the head more comfortable; it does maintain more
equal tempersture, and it does feel better than
other form of he delivering" The voice of the seofe
is silent in the of the above lu.trious authority
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1871-08-22
The Bodies Of VIZ. Gates and
his Wife Found.

The mystery surrounding the mis-
sing Gates and his wife, supposed to
have been drowned in Gull Lake near
Kalamazoo in May last, is now solved.
The bodies have been found. The
body of Mr.. Gates was found lying on
the shore, where it had evidently
hoated, on Saturday week The body
of Mrs. Gates was found along the
shore Sunday, not very great dis
lance from that of her husband. They
had evidently been in the water long
time The bodies have been buried.
All search had long ago been aban-
doned, and the people patiently wait
ed for the waters to give up
their dead. The bodies were
found within very few rods of where
the boat lay on the morning after the
drowning. Mr.. Gates body, which
came up first, seemed considerably
bloated, so that the clothes were very
tight. The right sleeve of his shirt
was torn of. One side of the face
seemed to have been picked at, and
was considerably .decomposed, but
otherwise it was only bloated. The
body Of Mrs. Gates was found only
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1871-08-22
The Inst Child

The venerable Mrs. Mary Chase
Barney was struck with paralysis in
her right side last Monday. She has
been confined to her bed for the last
eighteen months from the effects of a
paralytic stroke. The venerable lady,
now in her eighty-eighth year, is a
daughter of Samuel Chase of Mary
land, Judge of the Supreme Court,
and signer of the Declaration of In
dependence, and the last surviving
child of any of the signers of that in
strument. 1t is strange coincidence
that the last surviving signer, Charles
Carroll of Carrollton, should have
been of Maryland, and now the last
surviving child of any signer is of
Maryland; and it is also a fact that
the last surviving widow of any signcr
was of Maryland, who was Mrs. Han
nah X. Chase, widow of Samuel Chase.
She died in 1913.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1871-08-22
Coal Mine Horrors.

PIrrsroS, Penn, Aug. IA fire.
damp explosion occurred this morning
in the Eagle shaft, by which Benjamin
Davies was instantly killed, and 20
men imprisoned behind the debris,
with no means of escape until cleared
away. The men are probably dead,
or will be before they are reached,
Of the 20 men working in the mine,
ID were employed on new gangway
and are imprisoned by the falling roof
Three others, working in other parts
of the mine, escaped uninjured.
SCRANTON, Pa, Aug. IA. - The
bodies of five of the victims of the
Pittston disaster have been recovered.
A large force of men are at work re-
moving the debris, and every effort is
making to recover the bodies of the
others, who are now known to be II
in number.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1871-08-22

hooked the barn door nearest his resi-.
denee. He then fell to the floor and
attracted attention by pounding en- the
side of the barn. A servant girl dis
covered that a person was hurt and
summoned the aid of two men passing
by, who found Mr.. Converse and car,
ried him to his house. Medical and
surgical aid was Immediately sum.
moned, but SO far no aid has been Civ
en- the unfortunate man, save tenn
porary relief from pain. An effort
was made to extract the ball, but
owing to its unknown position it was
abandoned. Up to the present writing
Mr.. Converse has leen failing and no
hopes Of his recovery are entertained.
The cause of this terrible self-des-
truction is supposed to be his financial
troubles, which are said to be very
complicated. For some time past his
troubles have been working constantly
on his mind and resulted in the dread
full resolve and the more dreadful car
rying out of the determination. Mr..
Converse has been long resident of
that city. He was formerly Register
of Deeds of Saginaw county. At
the time of his rash step he was en-
gagged in the hardware business.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1871-08-22
Jury Brokers.

Frauds have been perpctrated re-
Gently by the substitution of jurors,
which, it is thought, will result in
many new trials. Judge Abel, of the
Criminal Court, sentenced p. j. Hus-
sep,a jury broker, to ten days i'm
prisonment and $50 fine, and Henry
Jones, for falsely representing Lewis
Hartmann as juror, 500 fine. The
Judge regretted that the law was not
more explicit for the punishment of
misdemeanors of this kind, but hoped
that if ever before a similar attempt
was made to corrupt the integrity of
the jury box all persons inclined to
engage in this speculation should take
warning by the case of Johns.-Mw
Orleans paper.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1871-08-22
Steamboat Explosion.

The steamer Chautauqua, Capt.
Murray, exploded her boiler last Mon
day afternoon while wooding at Whit
ney's Landing, six miles below Mays
vile.
About thirty passengers were aboard.
Nearly all are wounded or dead. The
engineer was not aboard, and the fire.
man was running the engine at the
time of the explosion. The cause is
not known. The boiler has been in
use since May last.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1871-08-22

have begun by sending an elder to
London.
The corn crop is so abundant in
Jasper county, Mo-, that farmers are
offering to bargain their corn on the
stalk at 10 cents per bushel.
A young man who inquired as to
what business would enable him to &C.
cupy high position in society, was
advised to try the roofing business.
The lions and leopards of Central
Park are fed once a day; monkeys
twice; the keepers three times. Is
there a Darwin among the Commits
sioners !?
The cheerful grasshopper is not a
burden to the planters of Georgia and
Alabama. He destroys the grass that
infests the fields, and saves la
Dor thereby.
Terre Haute, Ind, has a law against
hitching horses to shade trees, and
case is to be tested whether man can
be arrested for hitching his horse to
his own shade tree.
San Francisco papers report that a
grayback whale, so feet in length, was
thrown upon the beach, between Fort
Point and Seal Rock, in high tide,
on the evening of the 30th ult., and
was captured.
A Boston physician says that four
young girls, full of intelligence and
promise, have been killed outright by |
the severity of the tasks imposed upon
them in a high school in that vicinity.
General Hartmann, Governor of
Strasburg, has just forbidden the Ia
dies of that city to wait henceforth at
the stations for the purpose of offer
ing assistance to French soldiers re-
turning to France.
A Sacramento man gave young
lady lottery ticket, which afterward
drew $500. He then went and told
her that it had drawn $50 and asked
her to 60 halves with him. She con-
sented and gave him the ticket for
Bis.
1t has been decided to consolidate
nto one institution, the Homeopathic
Melical College, the Women's Medi-
,al College and the Homeopathic Hos
pital of Cleveland, and also to aban-
Ion the present buildings and erect
more commodiosu hospital buildings
nearer the heart of the city.
The grape crop in Missouri is enor-
nous this season, and prices are re-
luced to very low figure.
1t is said that Alfred Russell Wal
ace, an eminent traveller and ornitho-
ogist in England, is to be created
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1871-08-22
Sinking Of a Railroad Embank-
n.ent.

The Greenville correspondent to
the Detroit Free Press, of Aug. 10th,
says:
"At 4 o'clock this afternoon the en-
bankment at Trufount's mill and across
the corner of Muskalunge Lake, on
the grade Of the Detroit, Lansing &
Lake Michigan Railroad, two hundred
feet in length, sunk under thirty feet
of water, and is sinking at this writing.
The filling was completed, and men
were moving the track or the dummy
cars, when, feeling the bank sinking
under them, they fed for safety, and
in five minutes the whole bank was
covered with water. Mr.. Brown, one
of the contractors, was on the ground,
and says it will postpone the compile
ton of the road to Howard only two
days.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1871-08-22

Corunna was Mortified Saturday
week with the news that Mr.. Converse,
a prominent citizen Of that place, had
committed suicide by shooting himself
with a revolver. The following are
the particulars of the unfortunate af-
fair, partly related by himself: On
Saturday, shortly after noon, Mr.. Con
verse started for a field of corn near
his dwelling, with the intention of
shooting himself there A neighbor
passing by called to him several times
and finally succeeded in getting him to
the roadside, where, after asking a few
questions, the neighbor drove on. Mr..
Converse then went into the hay-loft
Of his barn, where, after writing some
matter in book, he put the revolver
near his car and fred. The shot
knocked him senseless for little time,
and after recovering, he arose and un-
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1871-08-22
Murderous Assault.

AS Alderman Cuddy, of New York,
was about closing the Essex Market
Police Court on the 18th, a tall, strong
Irishwoman approached the desk. An
officer with prisoner followed. As the
woman removed a shawl from her head
the Alderman uttered an exclamation.
The eye was closed, and the lid pulled
out to the size of hens egg. A
long strip of flesh dagled from the
right eyebrow. Both cheeks were
covered with gashes two and three
inches long, filed with clothed blood.
Her throat was also scratched and
bloody. She charged that her hus-
band Patrick DAILY had beaten and
kicked her. DAILY was committed.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1871-08-22
AlPENA WEEKLY ARGUS.
TUESDAY, AUGUST %, 1871.


We have not for some years visited
this place, but the reports of unwont-
cd activity there flying through the
air are not without foundation. AL
ways excepting Marquette, we have
considered A'Anse as the most promi-
nent place on the south shore of Lake
Superior from the head of the Lake
to the Sault Ste. Marie, and one where
there will, from its very natural loca-
ton and centre command a large
amount of local traffic. "Much of the
ore from the west end of the Mar
quette iron range will naturally be
shipped in that direction, and new
fields of enterprise opened. While
we should at all times be pleased to
do the entire shipping of iron from
Marquette, if such thing were poss-
IDLE, We cannot but wish hearty sue
cess to the warm friends and large
hearted men who are the principal
promoters and assistants in the new
improvements and developments. We
learn that the sale of lots at the pro-
posed terminus of the railroad is very
brisk, and we look for the building up
at L'Anse of no pasteboard town, but
one of having the genuine vim and
solidity. Several of our own young
men of the right stripe are locating
there, and are bound to do wcll."-
Marquette lining Journal.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1871-08-22

In an ARRAY between one Nc Carthy
and one Harden on the night of the
18th, five pistol shots were fired
by Harden. Three of them took
effect, and Mccarthy died few min-
utes aftcrward. There had been an
old feud between the two and when
they met on the street they came to
blows almost instantly. Harden was
terribly beaten about the head, and
after having his wounds dressed was
taken to the guard house.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1871-08-22
A letter from a gentleman at Qui

A letter from a gentleman at Quin.
cy, Florida, to the Augusta Ga, CAron-
iele speaks in the most enthusiastic
terms of the merits of the Swedish
laborers recently arrived in Georgia
and Florida. The following is para
graph from the letter; II have had
one with me since last October. From
the first day he picked as much cotton
as any hand in the field; made the
best fireman that | ever had around
sugar furnace beat all the hands at
splitting rails, and is as good plow-
man as there is on the farm. The
best of all is, he never drinks, lies or
steals, and he is but type of the bal
ance of them"
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1871-08-22
FIRE.

The Grand Rapids Eagle of the
18th says: About half-past 3 this
morning fire broke out in a store
owned by Michael Schumacher, near
the corner of Walbridge and Ottawa
streets. The flames soon communica-
ted with Mr.. Slotmacher's dwelling,
south of the store, and to house on
the north owned by him, but occupied
by man named Baker. Scarcely any
of the furniture or goods in these three
buildings were saved, the occupants,
who were in bed, barely having sufi-
cient time to escape. The building
next on the south of Mr.. Slotmacher's,
owned by j. ii. Martin and occupied
by Frank Babcock, caught fire and
was pretty much ruined. Another
small. dwelling on Walbridge street,
the property of Mr.. Schumacher, occu-
pied by John Daugherty, was burned.
Mr.. Daugherty formerly lived in Spar
tn, where he was burned out and lost
nearly all the property he had. This
second misfortune is a serious matter
with him. Mr.. Slotmacher's loss on
the buildings and store is about $4,000; |
insured for about $3.50. Martins
oss ON building, and others on furni-
ture, about $1,000; insurance not
known.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1871-08-22
Shooting AGrnY.

A fight occurred at Crab Orchard,
Kentucky, on the 10th, between Geo.
Dallings and Grove Kennedy, in which
one shot was fired. But the parties
were separated without serious injury.
The next night two friends Of Ken
nedy, one named Geo. Best, met Dal-
lings at the Harden House, Grab Or
chard, and fight ensued, revolvers
being used freely. Dallings was NOR
tally wounded, and has since died.
Frank Smith, who was the only spec
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1871-08-22
A GliOstly Ball of Fire.

William Pritchard, a negro of only
10 years, in Jail at Townsonton, Nd.
condemned to death for the murder OF
his child, has been visited by Balti-
more Ameriean reporter, who says;
The most singular thing about the
boy is that he is what is called by
Spiritualists, a natural medium"
He says that he was entirely un,
conscious of the gift himself until about
two years ago, when he accidentally
discovered that he could make a table
dance about by putting the tips of his
fingers on it.
He is not Spiritualist, for the rea-
son that he knows nothing of Spiritu-
alism but there is something peculiar
in his physical organization that gives
him control over forces that are not I'M
derstood by men of science. 1t used to
be his evening solace to sit on his bed,
on the floor of his cell, and placing his
bench in front of him, make it dance
and caper about by drumming on it
with the tips of his fingers.
On Sunday evening week ago,
however, there was an incident accur-
red which has put an end to all his
play with spirits. About 0 o'clock
Mr.. Linzey, the Deputy Warden,
heard terrific screaming in the low
CT tier of cells, where the colored pris-
oners are confined. Surprising that
some of the prisoners had broken out
and were trying to escape, he seized
his pistol and ran down stairs, expect
ing to encounter some desperate ruff
fans who had broken the bars of their
cell.
He found the cells all safely locked,
but the inmates in the greatest terror.
Pritchard was screaming murder !"
murder y and in the most frantic
manner appealing to God and man for
mercy. When he had become suffi-
GENTLY calm to give an accout of what
happened, he told Mr.. Linzey that he
had been sitting playing with his
bench as usual, when suddenly there
was something like warm breath of
air swept in through the window and
rolled along the floor like ball of
fire.
He sprang from his bed, but the
instant he touched the floor it seemed
to get under his feet, and to follow
him as he jumped about trying to get
away from it. lie related the story
to the reporter in language singularly
accurate and appropriate. Said he,
eff l had been lying down and doing
l would have supposed it was all i'm
Imagination; but | was sitting up with
my wits all about me, and not think
ing of anything of the sort" Since
then, he says, he has been afraid to
touch his bench with his fingers, or to
make the least motion that might in
vite another visit from the terrible APP
partition.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1871-08-22
News Items.

Cap. Halls arctic ship polaris ar
rived at Holstenberg July 81.
All is quiet at FIJI. The new gov
eminent is working satisfactorily.
John 7. Taitt, of Philadelphia, died
Monday week.
The missing mail steamer Espen,
from Cadiz, has arrived at Havana.
She broke her shaft and was nine days
under sail.
New Zealand citizens are determined
to form joint stock whaling company
to compete with American whalers in
those waters.
Large beds of coal being opend in
Ohio county KY, along the line of the
Elizabethtown and Paducah Railroad,
are attracting the attention of the cit
liens OF Louisville as affording the
probable source of steady supply of
fuel not subject to the accidents of river
transportation.
Edward LaPointe was arrested in
Saranac, Ionia county, on the 10Th, for
horse stealing in Jackson County,
early in May.
Hillsdale College is in want of funds
and its friends are appealed to for aid.
John Jones forged Elijah Reasons
name to an order for 1913 rs, and got
the money at Howell. He was arrested
and committed.
The officers of the Livingston county
Agricultural Society are making pre-.
parations for the largest and best fair
that was ever held in that county.
1t was expected that the last rail be.
tween Lansing and Detroit would b.
laid on Wednesday.
Mike hurry, desperate, stabbed a
man in Clair county few day age
inAicting serious injuries. Mike is now
in Midland Jail.
Michigan contains 6, 111lakes within
its boundaries.
In 1864 there were four teen dailies
in Boston, and now there only eight.
4
The largest watermelon brought tc
the Mobile, Ala, market this season
weighed 81 "a pounds.
A boulevard around Utica, New
York is proposed. 1t will make Q
drive a trifle over eight miles in length
An old lady, writing to her son out
west, warns him to beware of billion,
saloons and bowel alleys.
A baby who kisses its mother and
fights its father, may be said TO BE-
partial TO ma and martial to pa.
The American "Shakers" are organ
ling Emissions 10 the heather" and
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1871-08-22
A New Sensation.

Galveston, Texas, is excited over
the appearance of an immense orang
outang in its vicinity. The animal is
described as being about seven feet
high and covered from head to foot
with thick coating of hair. Its eyes
shine like fire, and it boasts of a dou-
BILE row of murderous looking teeth
When last seen it had in one hand a
large crooked stick, and under one arm
a young calf apparently just killed
A hunting party has been organized
to capture or kill the monster.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1871-08-22

Demonstrations have been made
upon the Rockford, Ill. Jail for the
purpose of seizing and lynching the ne
gro who committed an outrage upon
the little daughter of the Rev, Mr.Wal-
ton, but none proved successful. 1t is
said that other attempts will follow
On the 10Th the Sheriff swore in as
special deputies several men who were
engaged in the first attempt to secure
the negro for the purpose of lynching
him.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1871-08-22
Fate Of Eating Ice Cream

The Rev. Elkan HERMAN, Pastor
of the Fifth Avenue Synagogue, Chi
cago, having failed to comply with the
regulations requiring all Israelites to
fast strictly one day during the past
week, by eating ice cream, the congre-
cation are determined to remove him.
Last week Sunday morning another
Rabbi occupied his desk and an ARRAY
ensued during which one of the leading
officers of the Church seized Mr..
Herman, divesting him Of his sacer-
dotal robes, and conducted him to the
door with instructions to leave, threat
ening to kick him out if he returned.
HERMAN complained at Police Head
quarters, but was informed that they
could do nothing. He threatens to
prosecute for one years salary and as
sault.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1871-08-22

Near Eddyville, Iowa, on Friday
week, VIM. Briggs, intending to re-
open an old coal shaft, sent his son
and daughter to dip out water The
son went down ladder and was suffo-
Gated by fire damp. The sister not
hearing him also descended. Briggs,
his brother, and a hired man, not
hearing the children, also descended,
one after another, and all were suffo-
Gated.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1871-08-22

about six rods away from where Mr..
Gates body was recovered; this was
ON the north side of the lake, near
Thomas mill. The clothes she had
ON her when drowned were nearly all
torn of, and her body was much
decomposed.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1871-08-22

tator of the ARRAY, received two shots,
and was instantly killed, and Best
was severely wounded. The fg int
was the result of an old feud.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1871-08-22
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