Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1871-06-29

tackled a party of soldiers and wood
choppers on the 18th inst, three miles
above Fort Stevenson. One soldier
was shot, from the effects of which he
is not expected to recover The In
dians run off eight head Of cattle be-
longing to Government AgentMcCau
Troops from Fort Stevenson are now
on the trail of the marauding band.
Much trouble is expected by the en-
gineer corps of the Northern Pacific
Railroad, in running their line through
the up river country. The Indians
declare that they will not tolerate the
construction of road through their
country, and are throwing every OBJ
stacle in the way of a preliminary
survey Of the line.
A correspondent Of the Free Press
writes from Brady, under date Of June
"a, as follows: ut was the misfor-
tune of certain portions of Kalama-
zoo and st. Joseph counties to be Wis
tied yesterday by one of the most de-
structive hail storms that was ever
known in Southern Michigan. Your
correspondent passed through on the
Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad,
and witnessed a part of the disastrous
effects of the storm, which occurred a
short time before shutdown. In the
townships of Pavilion and Brady, in
Kalamazoo county, the storm passed
in direction north of east. Itspread
itself over strip Of country about
three miles in width, and was about
half an hour in duration. The dam
age done is hardly to be calculated
and many farmers were left in con-
dition truly distressing. Hail stones
fell, which, by actual measurement,
were seven and half inches in cir
conference, and of all sizes and shapes.
One man states that he measured
chunks of ice by his hand which were
no less than eight inches in length
The windows on the west side of the
houses were shivered, sash and all, and
some single roofs were very badly
damaged, while the crops where the
storm seemed to expend its fury are
completely ruined Wheat nearly
ripe, and corn in splendid growth, were
destroyed by the hundreds of acres,
the wheat being beaten fiat to the
ground, the grain threshed out, and
the straw whipped to pieces, while the
corn was cut into strings, and nothing
but short stub left to mark the place
where the hills once were. The other
limb of. the tempest passed through
the townships of Florence and Sher-
man, st. Joseph county, and was about
three miles wide. One man said to
me in Centerville, 4 have forty acres
Of wheat that yesterday morning look
ed splendidly, that will not be worth
harvesting The storm in st. Joseph
county was full harder than in Kala-
mazoo Fowls that had not sought
shelter were killed and never kicked
| heard of one hog being killed by the
storm, and a horse knocked down and
pelted so badly that be did not get up
again without help. The storm passed
over quite large area of territory,
and where it did 60 but little will be
expected from the crops, and upon
many farms nothing at all. To-day
you might find many blue farmers up
on the streets of our country villages,
telling Of the unsightly and woeful
condition Of their expected harvest
| have travelled over quite portion of
Calhoun, Branch, St. Joseph and Kali
amazoo counties--four of the best
counties in the State-within the past
few days, and the crops of all kinds
are looking unusually well. Wheat is
very heavy, generally, as well as un-
commonly early, some being already
harvested, and corn having acquired
already a fine growth t
A wealthy farmer near Dexter sold
two thousand pounds of wool literally
sprinkled with salt. The purchaser
not being disposed to pay wool prices
for salt, compromise, involving
considerable deduction in price, was
made.
A. Richards, of Buchanan, has
picked four hundred bushels of straw
berries from three acres and half of
ground, SO far, this season.
The ladies Of Niles are consider.
ing the propriety of holding a conven.
ton to regulate the price of servants
wages and to put stop to the annoy
ance of frequent changes.
Abram Case, of Three Rivers, com.
menced harvesting his wheat on the
22d. Thousands of acres in that sec