Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-09-10

spective houses OF worship. They
will afterward lunch together, and
the day will close with a soiree at
the palace of the Crown Prince at
Potsdam.
N. j.. Edwards, tho Jamesburg
Bank robber, escaped from the
New Jersey State prison on We'd
nesday.
The st. Louis custom house
scheme war is still fiercely wagcd.
The Peoples Bank of Nashville,
suspended Wednesday. 1t is eX-
pected that the bank will be able
to pay seventy-five cents on the
dollar.
The cricket match was conclud-
ed at Toronto Wednesday morning,
twenty-five of the Toronto club go
ing out for 1l3.
In Albany Wednesday afternoon
a young man named Thos. j. Con-
way shot and mortally wounded
John Fogarty in a saloon, the ball
entering the cheek and ascending
to the brain. The assailant, who
was arrested, is said to be insane.
Chief Justice Chase left Boston
Wednesday morning for Narragan-
sctt on his way to Washington.
Tie has been passing some weeks
in New Hampshire, and his health
is greatly improved. --
Manton T.. Hoard, of Providence,
late cashier of the Rhode Island
National Bank, has been sentenced
to State Prison for nine years and
to pay a fine of $4,000, for embez-
element of the funds of the bank
and prcjury.
The collection of diamonds, rubies
and sapphires recently exhibited in
San Francisco as coming from Ari-
IONA has been sent to London for
Identification, if possible, by the
parties claiming to have recently
sold them to Americans. Disbelief
in the commences of the reported
discoveries is increasing in San
Francisco.
The Cincinnati Industrial EX-
position was formally opened at
noon Wednesday, and bids fair TO
be the most successful exhibition
yet held.
Henry Gusl1es, prominent cit
izen of Hillsborough, Jefferson
County, Mo-, was found murdered
in his bed Monday morning, his
head having been split open with
lon aAu. The decd is supposed TO
have been committed by his wife,
who was arrested.
The u. s. steamer Wyoming ar
rived at Key West on the 25th ult.,
with yellew fever on board. There
had been 50 cases and one death.
An extraordinary meteor was
seen at Delhi, Ohio, S:i5 Thursday
evening. 1t appeared in the south
west twenty degrees above the
horizon. 1t passed northcasterly
into the constellation of the Great
Bear, and disappeared in the north
east, after remaining III sight two
minutes and ten seconds.
The health officers of Grand
Haven report that no moro small
pox exists there.
Geo. Powers was arrested at
Chicago Thursday, charged with
having caused the death of his
wife, who died not long since.
There was a great Democrtic
t >rch-light procession at Madison
Ind, Thursday night, tho largest
turnout they have had this season.
A butcher, named r. Elkert, Mil
waul1ee, killed his wife Friday with
an axe. The police saved him from
being lynched.
John Miminger, of Buffalo, an
employe on the propeller Thos A..
Scott, was run over by the North
western cars in Chicago Thursday
and one of his arms wax cutoff.
Ground was broken and work
commenced Friday on the Warsaw
division of the State Line Railway
running from Rochester to Pitts
burgh. .ia-.
The Fifth Pennsylvania District
Democratic Convention nominated
bennington Phillips for Congress
Thursday. His opponent is A. C,
Harmer, the present member OF
Congress.
! Thursday G. T. Diffenlacker and
Edward Millshad quarreled on the