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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-10-22
County Politics.

Through inadvertance last week
we neglected to speak of one of the
most deserving men on our County
Ticket, Mr.. William NlirTe, the
candidate for County Surveyor
He is one of the very few men who
practice his profession in new coun-
ties that have had the education in
Youth and the experience in man
hood to fit them for it. The posi-
ton that a Surveyor stands in to-
wards community is such that he
should be in every respect compe-
tent to fulfill the duties of his call
ing properly. On him depends too
many interests to be intrusted to
unskillful hands, and it is with
pride that we point to our candi-
date as a man well fitted for his po-
sition, both by education and eX-
perience. AS for his opponent,
Mr.. Tefft, if any one of his party
feels the least pride in him we'd
like to see the man.
The Radical County Convention
which was put off so long to ena-
BILE few of the managers to mani
pulate things to suit them came off
at last on Wednesday the 10th and
nominated the ticket arranged for
it.
The contest for Judge of Probate
was short but decisive and Mr..
Obid Smith distanced all compe-
titors. Mr.. Plough, and Mr.. Kelley
received q few votes each, just
enough to show that their memory
had not entirely departed from the
breasts of their countrymcn. Mr..
Smiths nomination seems to be
looked upon asa joke by Republi-
cans generally. We have no com
ments to make as he has reached
that stage in life Second childhood)
that should protect him from all at
tacks. In our opinion and with all
good feeling it does look supremacy
ridiculous to nominate him for
such an important position.
For Sheriff, Frank ID. Spratt
soon showed himself the favorite,
and received the nomination, much
to the disgust of III. j. Eaton, who
had been promised it if he would
desert the Democratic party. Don't
feel bad Hiram don't you remcm-
Der that you were one of the Vice
Presidents of the Bradley meeting
But Hiram Us disappointment was
nothing compared to our worthy
Marshal's, Mr.. Scott. They had
lied to Mr.. Eaton only two or three
weeks, but Mr.. Scott has been
playing chore boy and general tool
for months, for the purpose of get.
ting the nomination. He would
have gone away from town, having
had an advantageous offer, but he
felt so sure of being Sheriff that he
refused. Poor Scott, they let you
down hard, and we extend You and
the rest Of the mourners our sim
ccre pity.
When il came to balloting for
Clerk every one in the audience
looked anxious, but the delegates
had their instructions and mechan-
ically dropped a ballot prepared for
them into the hat. Mr.. VIM. ID.
Hitchcock got a majority Of the
votes, beating Fred. Buchanan,
who, as one Of the long faced re-
marked, wasn't pious enough"
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-10-22
STATE TICKET.

For Governor
AUSTIN BLAIR, of jackson.
For Lieutenant Governor
JOHN c. BLANCHARD, Of Ionia.
For Secretary of State
GEORGE II. HOUSE, Of Ingham.
For State Treasurer
JOSEPH A. HOLL0N, Of Saginaw.
For Auditor General
NEIL o'HEARN, of Livingston.
For Commissioner Of the State Land Office
GEORGE IL. MURDOCH, of Berrien.
For Attorney General
ID. DARWIN HUGHES. Of Grand Rapids.
For Superintendent of Public Instruction
WILLARD STEARNS, Of Lenawec.
For Member of the State Board of Education
EDWARD FELDNER, of Wayne.
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OBSERVER.
Correspondence TO the ARGUS.
Yours Truly,

Correspondence 10 the ARGUS.
OssINEKE, Oct. II, 1872.
EDITOR ARGUS There was n
Radical caucus held here this even
ing, and a more detected set of in
idividuals could not be mustered
in the county. They comprised
the whole number of .fo~, led on
by the immortal correspondent of
the Pioneer, Saml Ellsworth. They
had to take turns in appointing
each other as delegates, but to get
the fifth one was query. They
nominated a Democrat, who refused
to have anything to do with them,
so they had to select a delegate
from Altoona county.
CITIZEN.
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Alpcna, Sept. 30,
OFFICE or The CRY COMPTROLLER,

Alpena, Mich, Sept. "a, 1872.
Sealed proposals will be received ut the Office of
the Comptroller for the city OF Alpena, Michigan,
for building bridge across Thunder Bay River,
between Second and Dock streets in said city, for
furnishing all the MATERIAL erecting and construct
ing said bridge in accordance with plans and spec
fcaions 10 be seen ut the Office of said Comptrol-
Ter of Alpena.
All proposals must be delivered to the said comp
troller, ut Alpena, on or before the 10Th dry of
October, A. ID. 1872, at IL o'clock, noon. Bidders
are required TO file satisfactory bond with said
Comptroller before proposals are opened, condi-
toned that should they be found the lowest bid
dcrs they will enter into contract with good and
sufficient sureties TO perform the work, furnish
material. &c. Said bridge to be completed on OF
before the LIST day OF March, 1878. The right to
DONALD McRAE, Comptroller.
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Communicated.

The following, which came to
hand too late for publication last
week, will show how the Radical
machine is run at Ossineke
Correspondence to the Argos.
OssINEKE, Oct Is, 1872.
EDITOR ARGUS Pursuant to a
call for caucus of the Radicals of
Ossineke, to be held ut the school
house of this piece on the 18th,
there assembled III. NJ. Robinson,
5. Ellsworth, ID. Oliver, j. Padnott,
and James Lewis, making a total
number of five. On motion of Mr..
Lewis, Sam'l Ellsworth was chosen
Chairman, after which j. Lewis was
selected as Secretary. Next in
order came the selection of five
delegates to attend the convention.
1t was asked by a number, "would
Duncan McKellup Ia Liberal Re-
publican) accept the nomination as
a delegate to Alpena ~ which was
answered that he would not. On
motion of Mr.. Robinson, s. Ellis
worth was chosen as a delegate
Nominations were made from the
five worthless ~ of the party pres
ent, until it came to the last dele
gate, when the name of Mr.. Robin
son was proposed, which that gen.
tleman deliberately objected to-
Thos. Sampson was then spoken of
"a man who has voted the straight
Democratic ticket ever since he had
vote. Mr.. Sampson also declin-
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ELECTION NOTICE.
sHERIFF's OFFICE, ALrENA, \

sHERIFf's OFFICE, ALrENA, Mich,
August 26th, 1872.
To the Electors of the County Of Alpcna
You are hereby notified that Mt the next Gener-
nj Election, 10 be held ON the Tuesday succeeding
the first Monday in November next, in the State
of Michigan, eleven Electors OF President and
Vice President of the United States are to be
In Witness Whereof, have hcreunto set my
hand and SEAL the day and year first above witt
''' JAMES CAvANAGH,
55te Sheriff Alpcna County.
snnrrF's OFFICE, ALpEsA, MIcH.,
August 20, 1872.
To the Electors OF the County of Alpena
You are hereby notified that nj the next Hcncr
nj Election, to be held on the Tuesday succesding
the first Monday OF November next, III the state
of Michigan, the following officers arc TO be elect
cd viz:
A Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of
State, Auditor General, State Treasurer, Commi.-
soncr of the State Land Office, Attorney Genera,
OF the State Board OF Educatian. in place OF Ed
win Willis, whose term of ofiicc will expire Do
ccrnbcr 3lst, 1872, and ~ Repre- uiativr III Con-
grcss for the Eighth Congressional District OF tho
State to which Your county j. attached. Also
senator for the Twcnty-Six;h Senatorial District.
20 which your county is attached, agreeable to the
provisions OF Act No. l2S of the Session Laws OF
ISL Also a Representative for the Representa-
tive District 70 which your county is ATTACHED,
agreeable 10 the provisions of Act No. li6 OF the
You nre also notified that at such General Flee
ton the following amendments 20 the Constitution
of this state are to be submitted 20 the people of
the State for their adoption rejection, pursuant
TO the requirements OF the Constitution and the
resolutions of the Legislature submitting them,
viz: An "amendment providing for the payment
of bonds issued and negotiated, and the purchase
price thereof realized prior 10 the twenty-scvcnth
day Of May, eighteen hundred and seventy, by the
counties, townships and municipalities issuing the
same for and in aid Of any railroad company"
provided for 10y Joint resolution No. 81 of the Ses-
sion Laws OF 1871.
An Commandment relative 20 the limits of Judi
cial Circuits and the number thereof" provided
for by joint resolution No. 80 Of the Session Laws
of ISL" And an "amendmcnt relative 10 the
salaries OF Judges Of the Circuit Court" provided
for by the last aforesaid Joint resolution.
In witness whereof have hcrcunto set my hand
and seal the day and year first above written.
JAMES CANANAGH,
Sheriff Of the County of Alpcna
OFFICE or THE sHrnrrF or ALpENA County.
Alpena September ~, 1874 I
To the Electors Of Alpcna County:
You are hereby notified that in addition 10 the
officers enumerated in the foregoing notice by the
Secretary OF state, there are 10 he elected nj the
same time, the following officers for the county OF
Alpena, fO-wit: One Judge of Probate one Sher-
IN, one County Clerk, one County Treasurer, one
Rcgistcr Of Deeds one Prosecuting Attorney, one
County Surveyor, one Circuit Court Commissioner
JAMES CAvANAGH,
" ssheTih Of Apsns Ccuntys
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ELECTORAL TICKET

Geo. v. n. Lathrop, Charles s. May,
Otto Stark, John Vail,
Andrew ]. Bovine, Henry Chamberlain,
Henry Fralick, Randolph Strickland,
A. Smith, Charles Babo,
Charles Il. Fenton.
The New York herald., 1872-11-11
The Fire, the Trsasury and IN
Money Market.

The anticipations Of monetary crisis to
follow the Boston fire sent the great crowd of
spectators yesterday to their conventional
gathering place OF the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
Stocks were quietly bought and sold by those
who were unwilling to await the more popular
sentiment to be expressed at the regular ses-
sion of the Stock Exchange this morning, II
is easier to write history after than before its
occurrence, so that opinions as to what will
be the result in the money market to-day and
during the week of the great calamity as Bos-
ton must be more or less speculative. We are
favored this time with precedent in the Chi
cago panic, which was as short-lived
as it was illogical. People have often
wondered at the great rise in stocks and
the ease in money that followed the latter
event The explanation lies in the fact that
the Chicago fire, by destroying two hun
dred millions of fixed property, made
floating capital more abundant as compared
with the fixed capital of the country. Panics
in money arise from a too great preponder-
ance Of fixed capital as compared with float
ing capital or money; SO that, with the Hrst
effects Of fear and excitement gone by, the
present disaster ought to have really the
effect of enlarging the volume of money, as
compared with fixed capital. Meantime the
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, who hap
pened to be in town last night, assures the
public that the government will use its money
to prevent q panic by affording instant relief
to the money market The situation should
be viewed coolly and calmly by everybody.
The worst has been done, now that the fire is
over. Panic and excitement will only aggra-
vate the disaster.
The New York herald., 1872-11-11

block or two in order to save city, and in
stead of resorting to this means in eaarennis,
would do it before the loss as in Boston and
Chicago, had become appalling. The effective
results obtained in checking the progress of
the Boston fire by the blowing down of whole
blocks by the marines show US clearly how
much can be accomplished by vigor and de-
cision. 1t has been pretty generally recog-
nized as the most effective mode Of arresting
the progress Of flames in q city is to make
gap in their pathway, but owing to the want
OF some one in authority, whose duty it was
to order this extreme measure, it was only re-
sorted to in Boston when an immense amount
Of property had been already destroyed. The
marines acted with admirable GOODNESS, and
though their first efforts were not successful,
they persevered in their operations, and at
last succeeded in efectually checking the
hames This fact points out for our future
guidance the proper way to deal with fires
when they threaten to assume alarming pro-
portions, and shows conclusively the advan-
tage that would result from the appointment
of q responsible head with large discretionary
authority over the different Fire Departments
in our principal cities. With the knowledge Of
his responsibility public officer in this posi-
ton would be prepared by reflection to act
promptly and understandingly. He would
have the department thoroughly in hand, and
the result would not fail to be greater unity of
action in the department and q more intelli-
gent execution of orders. The salary Of an
able and skilful man, fitted by experience for
this post, would be saved hundred times in
the superior efficiency Of his department
He might also be charged with
the supervision of buildings. The danger of
erecting wooden Mansard roofs, thinly COW
cred with iron or zinc, is so manifest that they
ought to be forbidden by city ordinance.
Perched up on freproof buildings they are
like finder boxes, and carry the fire from
house to house with inconceivable rapidity
The falling sparks from distant fire are suf-
fcient to communicate the flames to these
slight structures, and the danger from confa-
grafton is increased hundred-fold. How
ever pleasing they may look to the eye the
risk is too great to be run for the sake of mere
prettiness Of effect AS this style of architecture
is being largely adopted in New York we think
that measures ought at once to be taken to en-
force the ordinance against wooden buildings,
lest we should be exposed to the same calamity
that has befallen Boston.
The New York herald., 1872-11-11

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN LoNDoN.-A cable
telegram from London brings news Of the
origin and progress of very destructive fire
in the British metropolis. Flames burst forth
from the building known as the City Flour
Mills, situated in Thames street, during the
night Of Saturday, and spread with such
alarming rapidity that the entire premises,
with the more immediate manufacturing sur
roundings, were laid in ruins at an early hour
in the morning yesterday. The entire force Of
the London City Fire Brigade, most efficient
and excellently disciplined body, was at work
at the scene Of disaster at the moment when
the HERALD despatch was forwarded-a fact
which, even standing alone, proves the serious
nature of the occasion. The actual losses
already incurred were of o very heavy amount,
and we have not yet received intelligence that
the flames had been completely extinguished
in the neighborhood of the point of first ap-
pearance
The New York herald., 1872-11-11
Precautions Against Fire I'm Our
Cities.

Cities.
The impotency of the Boston Fire Depart
ment to check the flames that reduced the most
Aourishing portions of this Northern city to
ashes teaches us the necessity of adopting
some more effective means of combating the
ravages of fire than we at present possess. 1t
is clear, from the experience both of Chicago
and Boston, that the Fire Departments as at
present organized are unequal to contending
successfully with great conAagrations, however
efficient they may be on ordinary occa-
sions. This is due as much to the
want of proper discipline as to the
need Of larger supply Of powerful en-
gines. In most cases the progress of the fire
is due in the first instance to the absence of
vigor and decision on the part of those who
have to struggle against the devouring ele-
ment Under the present system we have no
man with sufficient authority who, by virtue
of his position, can adopt desperate remedies,
and SO fires are allowed to grow in extent
until they have acquired such proportions
that they can only be subdued by recourse to
the most desperate cxpedients after hundreds
Of millions of dollars worth of property has
been destroyed.
The cure for this evil might be found in the
appointment Of some man Of brains and vigor
to take charge of the Fire Department in each
city, who, in cases of emergency, would have
authority to take whatever measures he thought
necessary to check the progress of a confagra-
ton. Such man would be able to decide at
once whether it was necessary to blow up
The New York herald., 1872-11-11
The Slave Trade in Constantinople.

The Slave Trade in Constantinople.
On Wednesday last, according to one of our
latest dispatches from Europe, an English
steamer arrived at Constantinople from Malta.
having on board twenty slaves 1t is well
known that brisk slave trade is carried on
between Tripoli and Constantinople by way of
Malta. That such trade is possible in Europe
at this late age of the worlds history is sim
ply disgraceful. 1t is especially dishonoring
to England, which has for so many years
made such an outcry against slavery, that her
merchants and shipowners should still make
money out of the inhuman traffic We cannot
blame the British government for this par
ticular offence. But the British government
will not be regarded as guiltless by the general
public if this case is not fully inquired
into, and if the offenders are not promptly
punished Considering the excitement which
has been produced by the Stanley Livingstone
correspondence and the recent action taken by
Inc British government to effectually put down
the African slave trade, we are entitled to
expecta full exposure Of this case. And if the
importation Of slaves from Africa is necessary
to the social life of Turkey the sooner the
Turks pack up and recross the Bosphorus the
better for themselves. The patience of the
civilized nations is exhausted, and the foul
blot of slavery must be wiped out finally and
forever. 1t is as disgusting in Turkey and
Egypt q, it is in Cnh.
The New York herald., 1872-11-11
Our Duty to the Fire Department.

Our Duty to the Fire Department..
In connection with the recent terrible dis.
aster at Boston thoughts are naturally sug-
gested with reference to the efficiency of our
own Fire Department and the means taken to
maintain its present degree Of excellence,
That department has done noble work, and Isl
perhaps one Of the best organized institutions
of the kind in the world. 1t has had it's trials
and its triumphs; its battles with the fire
fiend, and not little of senseless opposition
from those who, for reasons of their own, may
be inimical to the welfare of the Fire Depart
ment as it is now organized; but the mass Of
our citizens-the men who own property and
the women who clasp their little ones closer
at the sound Of the solemn alarm bell-look
strong right arm, and they will continue to
do so while they see them brave, prompt
and active in the discharge of their duty.
There is silent sympathy between the fire.
man and the great public; an almost mex
pressble admiration for his services, and al-
ways q ready tribute to his courage and de-
votion. Hence the least popular Of any policy
which could be pursued by the officials Of New
York would be that looking to the IMPAIR
ment of the existing system or interference
with the rights and privileges Of the men.
At the present time, for instance, contro-
versy is going on between the Comptroller and
the Fire Department, which appears to many
of our people to be based on q mere techni-
cality, to involve no principle whatever, and
yet which threatens to impair the efficiency Of
the department and to demoralize the force.
This is certainly foolish and narrow-minded
course of official action, for it can have bnt
one tendency-to-wit, the destruction
of that esprit du corps which has
always characterized these men who do
battle with the elements. We cannot afford
to be parsimonious in this respect, nor do our
taxpayers desire it for if there is one bur-
den more than another which they cheerfully
bear it is that which supports, strengthens and
gives tone to our Fire Department New York
is rich, and, on the principle that IAN ounce
of prevention is worth pound of cure" her
citizens would rather pay three times the pres-'
ent cost of our department than entertain even
the suspicion that unwise economy has been
the cause of plungng the metropolis into
such gloom and disaster as that which has SO
recently enshrouded our sister cities of Boston
and Chicago.
The New York herald., 1872-11-11
TRIPLE S HE E T.
New York, Monday, Nov. IL, 1879.
THE NEWS OF YESTERDAY.
TO.Day's Contents Of the
Herald.

THE TERRIBLE VISITATION AT BOSTON AN
ERA OF GREAT CALAMITIES PLEADING
EDITORIAL ARTICLE-SIxTH PAGE
BOSTON'S TERRIBLE AFFLICrION $3.50, ,ooo, 900
LOSSl SEVENTEEN HOURS REIGN OF
FLAMES TWO HUNDRED ACRES IN AREA
POWDER AS A SAFEGUARDl FIREMEN
AND CITIZENS CRAZED AND POwERLESSi
THIEVES OPERATINGl THE UNIVERSAL
SYMPATHY THIRD, FOURTH AND TENTH
PAGES
MAP OF THE LOCALITY OF THE BOSTON FIRE
THIRD PAGE.
RECEPTION OF THE TIDINGS FROM BOSTON
AMONG ALL CLASSES PAST AND PRES.
ENT: LOSSES OF NEW YORK MER-
CANTS: A. T. STEWART AND THE
PLYMOUTH PASTOR ON THE DISASTER:
THE INSURANCE PEOPLE-FouEru AND
FIFTH PAGES
PREPARING FOR THE MORROwl FURRY
AMONG BANKERS AND BROKERS AT THE
FIFTH AVENUE 'CHANGE: GOLD AGAIN
ADVANCES: GOVERNMENT HELP-TnE
HORSE DISEASE-NINTH PAGE.
ANOTHER BIG FIRE RAGING IN LONDON FIRE
MEN UNABLE TO CHECK IT! HEAVY
LOSS-SEvENTH PAGE.
THE LORD MAYORS BANQUET COMPLIMENT
ING THE AMERICAN UNION: GRANVILLE
ON THE ANGLO-AMERICAN ARBITRA.
TIONS-SEvENTH PAGE.
QUARANTINE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST CHoL-
ERA-PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS-MARI
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. PAGE.
CONSECRATING A CEMETERY FOR THE STRAIN
GER "BRETHREN OF THE MYSTIC TIE:n
IMPOSING MASONIC CEREMONIES-sEvESrH
PAGE.
RELIGIOUS DISCOURSES IN NEW YORK, BROOK
LYN AND NEW JERSEY CHURCHES: AID
FOR BOSTON N-ANNIvERSARY OF ST.
LUKE'S HOSPITAL-EIGHTH PAGE.
The New York herald., 1872-11-11

HERALD ENTERPRISE IN THE Boston FIRE.
1t is hardly necessary for us to-day to call the
readers attention to the very full and COM
plete telegraphic report of the great fire in
Boston which we published in the late edition
of the HERALD yesterday morning Covering
as it did an entire page, it carried its own
commendation for ENTERPRISE with it SO that
The New York herald., 1872-11-11
FIGHT WITH THE INDIANS,

WASHINGTON, d. c., Nov. 10, 1872.
Lieutenant General Sheridan telegraphs to ths
war Department that about five hundred Indians,
from the Grand River and Cheyenne agencies
attacked the post at the Northern Pacific Railroad
crossing OF the Missouri River at eight O'Clock on
the morning OF the 4th inst, but were oil driven
OF without difnculty. No loss was sustained.
The New York herald., 1872-11-11
FLORIDA ELECTION.

A Democratic Governor Elected.
SAVANNAH, Ga, Nov. 10, ESTE.
From Information received here from Florida is
appears Borham, democrat has been elected 0ov5
ernor OF that State
The New York herald., 1872-11-11

the supply of the paper could not nearly meet
the demand of its readers. Enterprise like
this, which, while it enoircles the North Pole,
seeking for the open Polar Sea or drives fear
lessly into the jungles of tropical Africa for
lost traveller or the source Of an important
river is, nevertheless, SO alive to events trans
piring near our own homes, is genuine and
certain, not spurious and spasmodic. We can
therefore afford to allow our contemporaries
to enjoy the passing glory Of their brief hour,
while we are conscious of glory that is
abiding in the high appreciation in which the
HERALD is held throughout the world.
The New York herald., 1872-11-11

RoOTH.s THEATRE Twenty third street, corner sixt
avenue. BROWN.
The New York herald., 1872-11-11

UNION SQUARE THEATRE Broadway. between Thr.
eenth and Fourteenth streets.-AGNEs.
The New York herald., 1872-11-11

BowERy THEATRE, Bowery.-CouxrERFErr Or
TRur AND FALSE.
The New York herald., 1872-11-11

OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway. between Houston
and Bleecker sts.-ALADDN THE SECOND.
The New York herald., 1872-11-11

GRAND OPERA HOUSE, Twenty third St and Eighth
av-RoI CARoTTE.