Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-11-19
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Inc morse disease has ulduc It's
appearance in Muskegon.
a new and elegant opera house
was opened at Muskegon on the
9Th inst.
About eleven hundred Indians
were paid their annuities at EAnse
few days ago.
There are a number of cases of
small pox in Marquette county.
A man named Michael Hickey
was seriously injured by the pre-
mature explosion of a blast in the
New York Mine, Lake Superior,
on the 1th inst.
\ lad named Willie Preusser, of
Grand Rapids, who was watching
some boys cut down a tree for the
purpose of capturing a coon, was
struck by the falling tree and sus-
famed serious scalp wound, and
was otherwise severely injured. 1t
IS hoped his injuries may not prove
fatal.
The Board of Supervisors of Bay
county have let the contract for the
iron cell work of the new jail to
Bayley & Greenslade, Of Nlilwau-
kee, for $4,000, tue work to be
completed in three months. This
will make the entire contract price
of the Jail, up to date, s23, 1880, and
when a heating apparatus is put in,
gas and water pipes laid, and other
little items Of expense attended to,
the cost Of the jail will not fall far
short Of 100000.
The first passenger train to La
peer over the Detroit d Bay City
Railroad made its appearance in
that city on the 18th inst. A large
crowd of the citizens of Lapeer and
the friends of the enterprise along
the line assembled at the depot to
witness the spectacle, and the occa-
sion was made one Of public rejoic-
ing by the people Of that vicinity
: \ grand reception was rendered &c
, the officers and friends along tho
liue, and in the evening the ladies
Of Lapeer manifested their appre.
= citation Of the importance of the
= event by preparing an elaborate
) repast, consisting of the substan
= tials and delicacies Of the season
After the supper was finished the
: tables were cleared away, must,
s was brought forth, and those wht
< were terpsicholrially inclined trip
2 ped the light fantastic toe to thei
: hearts content.
/, A car on the Flint 81 Pere Mar
4 quette Railroad jumped the tract
on the 4th inst, and G. A. Lobby,
: brakeman, was thrown from the ca
u and alighted on pile of railroa,
: iron, breaking leg in three place
> and dislocating a knee.
= On the 10th inst. the depot of til
= Jackson, Lansing d Saginaw Rail
: road Company at East Saginaw wa
g entered by burglars, who succeede
: in securing only about six dollar
: in shinplasters and a few coupe
: tickets.
p A movement is on foot to cor
n struct mecadamizcd road frol
: Bedford to Battle Creek.
=. On the 10th inst. man name
II James Baldwin, of Rockford, Ker
y county, left his home to go to
r neighboring township for hunt
Y, the woods, taking his gun with hi
II on blackboard. Having arrive
$, at his destination he stopped to col
,e verse with friend, when his GU
Is slipped from the wagon, strikin
d the hammer in such a manner as
lie discharge the gun. The content
entered his abdomen, causing deaf
almost Immediately.
The recent calamity which hs
befallen Boston has awoke Jaclxso
to the realization Of the fact thu
in so far as the protection from ill
d is concerned she in a precarior
re condition, and the Patriot urg,
n the necessity of immediate mea
&c ures for the avoidance of such
< catastrophe.
4. Robert Coleman, an old and hiel
DC ly esteemed citizen of the TOWNSHIP
of Wright, Ottawa county, commi