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shocking Murder at Michigan
City.

Mr.. Ephraim W. Raplee has been
travelling through the country for scme
time selling a patent right on jewelers.
tools, and only arrived at Michigan
City from jackson on Thursday last.
Towards evening as he was about
going out of the hotel he took out his
revolver and examined it, remarking
at the same time to the landlord that
there were two suspicious characters
evidently bent on following him. lie
wend down to the shore of the lake,
and sat down behind pile of lumber,
and was engaged in fishing when two
men crept stcalthily up behind him,
one Of them struck him with an AK,
cleaving hiShead as far as the chin.
They then emptied his pocket-book,
which contained considerable
amount of money, and threw the
pocket-pook down beside him. They.
left untouched in his vest pocket his
gold watch and ten dollars in money.
Mr.. Raplee's body was taken to Jack
son, where his friends are. No arrests.
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Fire ian South Saginaw.

Twins mill, of that place, took fire
at about 5 o'clock Wednesday evening,
and very rapidly burned to the ground,
under the force of a strong wind adj
ded to the dryness of the combustible
material. The fire caught in lumber
pile from spark issuing from pass
ing tug. The mill was. owned by W.
=. Irwin, of Albany, n. Y, and was
in the charge of c. b. Clover. The
loss is some $4,000 to the owner,
with probably one-third insured
$4,000 feet of lumber were also des-
troyed. and about 800 cords of wood.
Bundy & Frunans lost also about
100000 feet of lumber piled near by.
A salt block near at hand was saved
through the efforts chiefly of the Sag
inaw City fremen, who were early and
with strong force upon the ground.
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The Strike.

New York June 3.-The Employers
Central Executive Committee are
about TO send manufacturers through
out the country copy of the resolu-
tons adopted at meeting of the en-
ployers on the 18th of June, pledging
to pay the workmen hereafter by the
hour, and to employ only those willing
to work 10 hours; also a set Of blanks
containing questions in regard to the
system Of labor in the establishment
of the person who received the COM
munication, and his opinions concerning
the labor question and the best prac
ticablc means OF resisting and prevent
ing strikes.
The strikers, though fast falling of
still have a strong hold upon many o
the men. A strong effort is beini
by the Employers Union to per
Sla06 the workingmcn to return unde
the old system. A monster process
| ion Of workingiucu f)r August ist,
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Disabled Pensioners.

The following has just been issued
from the Office of the Commissioner of
Pensions:
DEPARTMENT OF TIE INTERIOR,
Pension OFFICE, June 90, 1872.
The first section of an act supple.
Elementary to the several acts rela-
ting to pensions, approved June 9th,
1866, provides "that fro and after
the passage of this act all persons by
law entitled to less pension than
hereinafter specified, who, while in the
military or naval service and in line
of duty, shall have lost the sight of
both eyes, or who shall have lost both
hands, or been permanently and total
ly disabled in the same, or otherwise
so permanently and totlly disabled as
to render them utterly hopeless, or SO
nearly as to require the constant per-
sonal aid and attendance Of another
person, shall be entitled to pension
of s25 dollars per month and al
persons who, under like circumstances
shall have lost both feet, or one hant
aud one foot, or been totally and per
manently disabled in the same, or 9th
erwise so disabled as to be incapaclta
ted for performing any manual labor
but not so much so as to require cor
slant personal aid and attention, sha'
be entitled to pension Of $40 pc
mouth and all persons who, unde
like circumstances, shall have lost on
hand, or one foot, or been totally an
permanently disabled in the samc,
otherwise so disabled as to render the
inability to performs manual lab
equivalent to the loss Of hand or
foot, shall be entitled to pension
'ff.cca lO'lars per m9nth.'
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Undoubtedly Mistaken.

ALPEYA, Mich, June Doth, 1872.
EDIToR ARGUS:
We notice in this weeks issue of the
Pioneer, under the head. of Church
Directory, services in Catholic Church
every Sabbath morning by Rev. Fa-
thor Murray" AS Father Murray
has not been in A,gcna for nearly a
year it is impossible that he can hold
services in the Catholic-Church of Al
pcna every Sunday morning. In tho
very next column oH the same page of
the Pionicr, appears a rigmarole too
nonscnsical to copy, in which the
I.baeer claims disturbances aud alter
cations have taken alase in the Cath
, clio Church, beloved 'thcr Taken
bnd Paulett Cicero IT says Father
'TakkcnS Eilcd up Ciccros slip, and
that Cicero came. in and pulled bis
slip door open. Now, as there are &c
doors on the slips or pews of tue Al
pcna Cal. &c Church, il would be i'm
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AGENTS WANTED
For GOODSPEED'S
Presidential Campaign Book.

The great work of the year. Prospectus, post paid
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COM MUNICATED

The following communication was
handed us for publication last week,
but as it came in late we were unable
TO let it appear in our last issue. The
matter referred to is something that
we are not posted in, and we merely
give it to our readers just as We re-
ccivcd it,
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under projection. The committee o.
the Employees Union have issued an
address to the workingmen, appealing
to them to resume labor, which is be-
ing distributed to-day, in Germen and
English, by the thousands.
MILWAUKEE, June 2.-The printers
strike has created greater excitement
than any event since the Chicago fire.
The newspapers are regularly issued
but show a lean appearance. They
have ousted the Union completely.
The Me,cs says the Milwaukee news.
papers will now take their places as
rat Offices, and adopt the Union
nickname. They will pay just as high
or higher wages, and win be covered
by rules framed strictly in the interests
of the journeymen printers, and will
be managed as tremendously and gen.
erously as any Union Offices are mar
aged but they win be emancipated
from the despotism and terrorism in
which they have heretofore been held;
they will be so governed and conduct
ed that the term "rat office" will be
not a reproach or stigma, but it shall
indicate that within them is a system
which they represent, where neither
employers or employees are the
slaves of a petty, irresponsible and
fanatical tyranny and they will be con-
Quoted ON sound, generous and benign
business principles, and under the
ever honorable motto of alive and let
live"
EAST SAGINAW, July 3.-Therc is
nothing particularly new of a startling
nature in the strike of the mill opera
tives. All the mills in the river,
from and including Wright & Weth-
erill's mill in Saginaw City, en- the
south, to Burt's mill on the north, are
closed down. The other mills are
running with full, or nearly full crews,
although general strike is apprehend-
ed on the 9Th.
a large meeting of the strikers
numbering perhaps 800 to 900 mer,
was held in the open air, near Stras-
burgh's Hall tonight, the hall being
too small to accommodate the men.
Speeches were made by the strikers
and others, and resolutions were passed
that the men would hold out to the
last. \ Union was formed, the pro-
visions of which are that no member
shall work more that 10 hours q day
or shall take the place of any man dis
charged on account of the strike. The
strikers are determined to hold out,
and the mill owners have formed
combination by which they propose
a general closing down of mills rather
than accede the demand of the strik-
ers.
New York, July 5.-Tbc strike is
gradually dying out. The men EN-
ploycd by the Howe Sewing Machine
Company will all return to work to-
morrow Oh the old terms. The lead
ers. of the metal workers confess that
large proportion Of the men who
struck have resumed work on the ten
hour system, and that probably they
cannot be induced to come out again
at present. There is considerable dis
satisfaction felt at the delay in paying
the iron workers on the strike, owing
to no funds having been sent from the
headquarters at Cleveland, Ohio. The
condition Of the cabinet makers strikes
who now manifest enthusiasm are the
marble cutters They meet daily in a
secret session at Academy Hall, Third
avenue, and show no disposition to
yield their point, though their strike
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III q A L II III.

The most popular medicine for nervous troubles
the source OF all other alfnents,I is DODpS
NEKVINE, and Inyigorator. For sale 10y all drug
csts Price One Dollar.
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The following has just been issued
from the Office of the Commissioner of
Pensions:
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Dr.. Wells Extract Of JuPpbpha

Il strengthening and nourfshing; like nutritious
food taken Into the stomach. " assmiates and diff
fuses itself through the circulation giving vigor and
health. II regulates the bowels, quiets the nerves,
acts directly on the sscrtiive Organs, and by its
powerful tonic andres oring effects. prodeoes heal
thy and vigorous action CT the whole system. John
u. Kellogg, IS Patt IT., N. ". sole agent for the
United S..:ss. Price = ror boit.s. soni for cir
eu.I. seyi
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CARBOLIC TABLETS

For Coughs, Colds a. HOarscncss.
These Tablets present the acid in combination with
other efficient remedies in popular form. for the
cure OF all throat and lung diseases. lIoarseness
aud liberation Of the throat Immediately reev-
ed and statements are constantly being sent TO the
proprietor Of relief in Of throat difficulties
Of years stan ding.
CAUTION Don't be deceived by worthless imi-
tations. Get only Wells Carbolic Tablets. Price
25c. per box. John q. Ke,gg. IS Platt ST., N. Y,
sole agcnt for the ". 8. Send for circular.
, 1872-11-17
REGRET.

He said bin feet were sore,
As ha stood outside the door,
Sore with walking in the long and dusty street:
And his poor old pasied hand,
With the wind and sunshine tanned,
Reached out wanderingly, the offered aims to mcet
Tired old man his aged form
DoWn the darkening street has gone:
Would that some cheering word to him had spoken
For upon his furTowed face
Was imprinted there trace
VI so1row that revealed 4 heart quite broken.
Wearied at its quiet play,
Came a little child one day,
Teasing, teasing for story oft repeated:
I in tn impatient mood,
To the pretty lips that sued,
sid 1ne nay; dumb to voice that soft entreated
An, me! that night heard,
As If an angel stirred,
,,oand, soft, fainter growing in the air;
ana could but Sigh and weep
IN l1e Whlte and breathless sleep.
EoE Inc sweet young pleader's spirit was not there
Once into my ear there came
Allow breath against the name
VI one po"erless to avoid the Whis Nv:
And rush Of scarlet fame
surges DER my face for shame
That I, silently, listened to the hurtful lie:
For the wicked shaft prevailed,
,Gainst the one by it essaied,
With it's velvet-pointed malice and deep hate
yet in heart, and Life, and soul,
He was pure as purest gold,
But the knowledge came, alas alas! too late,
pity 'tis cur acts
Are so sobered by regrets
From Apha to Omega Of the strife;
That words are left unsad;
That deeds oft din the thread
Running this thro' woven texture Of our IIfe
CHICAGO, November, 1872, Sou1E Sounr-
, 1872-11-17
cook dinner for anybody that don't rsspecs

Lord Byron.' =. Asepe''
| Miss Fannie caraon, Of lows 7, to1starai.
up as shining example of he, sex because ehe.
went INTO her fathers hay fields in tia eanar;y,
OF Maud Muller; but, unlike that mncn Gnots51
maiden, she "raked the meadow swaat T.;ti,,
hay" until she had gathered forzT iors ~ i;
Memphis paper says this was much bett,- fho.
;" foolin' round with rheumatic old .Judco."
In one Of Mr. John Fiskes articles in aba1
Atlantic Monthly an Indian superstition is M
tlced, according to which man became blind
6eeause demon had eaten the soul Of his ave ::
Probably had the demon preferred to make meat
OF the sole Of his foot he would have becona
lame. N3~"
When an animal is killed or hurt by the cars
e On the hansas-Paci6c Railroad, the section boss
~ Ils oue blank form describing the locality OF
sne accident ETC. One Of the Questions in tha.
!otT Il, What disposition was made Of the an.
.la Inc answer returned to this Query IN
e suo cass OF Ie1as steer run over the othar da7
MES, disposition mild and geutIe.n
1uncle L." Now, Sammy, tell me. have yor
fead the beautiful story Of Joaenh =, So
Oh, yes, uncle" Uncle-a Waii tha, -ho+
wrong did they do when thew aold tha;r 'hrnth
er! Sam" They sold him too chean. nncia
IA lady having her dress trimmed with hno,a=
before going to a ball, her little danehter 49,.
ed to know # the bug}es would blow when sh,
danced. 20, no." replied the mother. TN.
papa viii, when he sees tho bill"
"A lady asked gentleman who was eufferin.-
from influenza, "My dear sir. what do yon -7ss
Tor your cold?" "Fiye handkerchiefs daT.
, 1872-11-17

spiritual Life, could never have denonncad tte
me1 . sign OF it as sin dare not vet be -
stri ct communionist Yet, mark 3os yon. t II . a
Tax hs y my brethren ef here influences in
my persuasion that 1t Is not accorf;no n nc
ofu te SpirN keeps me- from it. Iany "a Of 'oa the
chm ches here are Of mixed nqe1nbersh;o sna .ns
leav baptism optional, which am SUI; sure The The
P9d obaptists and only the pulpit is resarvad Sie
IN n any quarters it is contended that even H.,
pulp it should be occupied by Pedobaptist naso
tor Thus we cease to be baptized churches and
the order Of the house is gone. am not Of this
mind and cannot be- feel that am tn da1 cis1
ciple. men and baptize them; and, il thew VIII
not b. baptized, they fail il diacipleship, and
canno.; receive them into the church over which
God as placed me. do not judge other
churcht Is who stand or fall to their own Master.
With tn EN- commune, because they are living
members Of the body; though, as Judge, DISC,
bedient and faulty members"
, 1872-11-17
SELECTIONS.

| bL uGtF PORTER.
! God never would have required the sscrift
! OF Isaac from q mother.
Nothing is 1ovelier Or more holy than
Thoroughly wifely woman.
| The days of chivalry are not over; thew 1iv
| yet in that far~of worship paid by many yout
| and man to the woman whom he never dream,
| he shall touch 80 much as her little fng5r or tn
! hem OF her robe.
Who shall be glad any mora that has seer
| The frall foundations upon which Love and in,
| are built?
The most beautiful Of a1tars is the eou1 q
an unhappy man who is comforted and thanks
God.
10 the contemp1atiYe soul there is no little.
ness; the least Of things is infinite.
Man respires, aspires, and expires.
On the carpet Of verdure and flowers. in the
midst Of abundance, would God have cast a
LIVING being smitten with curse?
Every man is not so.much workman in The
World as suggestion Of what is to be. Men
walk as prophecies Of the next age.
Life is a constant sunshine. which de,tb
cam .ot interrupt any more than the night can
gWaL low the sun, 'oN' ~1A
I'VE may see, if We do but look, the shuttle
ct lie lying to and fro in the tiniest morsel Of
living stuff. ~
Ao Ae'o 1A0 W 1duOE IL the 8um OF 1jVirr
and YET how many think they live who :neitherr
labor ntr love. o1sN-oA
AL Al things are but altered, nothing dies.
There, ls no death what seems so is transi-
ton. @A@--'A-
Faith is to walk through the darkest c1onds
though there be no silver lining to slow that
day is dawning.
z--He who cheerfu11y commits the universe to
God has nothing in the universe to fear.
Be not hopeless for the lily because it starts
in the mud. ~ 0'S%@ %
Animals are truly neither tatheruor mother.
taey are but the workmen Of Nature.
"A child should never be made to suffer the
agony OF parents final condemnation
TO understand truth, one must I,7e it.
steps it On all sides. 0'0A0
God values men according to what thev
have had to walk through.
The earth does not bring forth bnt nndar
the plow which rends it.
infancy ls perpetual Messiah, which comes
into the arms OF fallen men, and pleads with
them to return to Paradise.
Youth is the smile OF the future hefora an
being, which is iteelf.
-Ihe general sentiment OF fnthars is that
children owe debt to them for existence: bnt
there is . fallacy in this.
Our homes should be as holv az onr churchao
to say the least.
- TO love is the only thing that can fill up
when the henrt is cleft to it's core. thera ia
~ seeeea oI 1auBuage
sorrow is reigning on the throne Of the |
and the crown Of all crowns has been
me OF thornB. e'@'' 0-e1A
Gods image s1umbors in our gou1s lit |
edged grief cuts here and there when. 10
he semblance Of His form appears sculpture,d |
y the woes of Time. ~''A
Who is there that is not chained to sone |
'ock OF the pa,t with the vulture Of Memoir
caring at his vitals, screaming forever in Tia
ar OF Conscience? '~@~
There is, back Of all tbig a11nrin1 nar;rb;n,.
ight-world, q realm OF beauty and HARMONY. inse
mite and eternal, in which our invisible ro7yera
4 love and thought, Of memory ndfaith, are to
i've forever.
, 1872-11-17
WEARY

"esTyt wearyi Oh, how wearyi
seeking rest, but al in vain.
"easy! weary. Oh, how weary.
Aco1ng heart and limb proclaim.
Weary Of the faint endeayor:
Weary Of the faltering viii:
11 55lng Tor the strength to conquer
Every coming daily Ill.
Weary Of the wayward footsteps.
Straying from the path Of right:
Weary Of the blinded eyesieht.
Reaching not the Throne OF Light.
Weary Of the toll and hardship.
Portion Of our daily Life:
Weary Of the outward warning
Minglng with the inward sfrifa-
Oh! for rest, and peace, and comfort.
Per1ect trust in His pure love
o9 LOT hope, and strength, and cou.aze.
Morta1 Ills to rise abovei
Perfect trust and perfect love cors
unly to the meek OF heart:
heH-forgetting, hopeful, Trusting,
de can heal each inward amarss.
linen. On, weary not in striving.
falht OF heart and weak Of limb.
xof bis ioEe-1ight is around US,
And Our eyesight only dim.
, 1872-11-17
HUM0R,
a legal conVeyance-Black Maris.
Bored Of health-Tha p11icidaa

| HUMoR.
a legal conveyance Black Maria.
Bored Of health-The suicides.
"A water-pitcaer-A ire-engine.
An exchange is talking shout ts tho ner
Worlds Fair" just as ii We didn't have trouble
enough with this worlds sc Fair
III Bedouin should lose his teeth, would he
talk gum Arabic?
If seven days make one Teek. how MANY
viii make one strong?
49, .x-carpets are bought by the yard and worn by
"A woman who tells fortunes from tea cun
Drown Says the mountain air is so thin in
New Hampshire that you can see the mountain's
peak and the wood pine.
Gravity is no more evidence Of wisdom than
paper collar is Of shirt.
-Tares which every wife is willing that the
husband shall sow-SoHtaires, in her ears.
Fashionable authority decides that stoYe-
pipe hat is always becoming, unless it is too
much stove. w.
What ancient instrument Of ward does q netu.
liant lover most resemble PA cross-bow.
- "A physician, On presenting his hill tn the
executor of the estate OF deceased patjant
asked, "Do you wish to have my bill sworn to ="
NO" replied the executor; "the death Of the
him professionally"
Mrs. Partingtonhas been reading the Health
omcerB weekly reports, and thinks ntotal"
must be an awful malignant disease, since as
uto ~ ~ 90 ~ a. tue 1est put together.
"A soldier, telling his mother Of the terrible
IRE at Chickamauga, waB asked by her why be
dld g d; not get behind tree street" said be
There wasn't enough for the officers"
1.-Two ladies' were chatting galy, when the
conversation turned upon the subject OF dress
Lady No: !, in reply to 4 facetious remark Of
No. z, said: I'm in no mood for trifing to-
DAY, and I'm backed up in my good intentions
y the presence of lions Herald in my pannier.''
No. remarked: "TAere's no use in your fee1-
ng so particularly good about that; i have the
Christian at Work IN nnei" VIZ
Bridget made good point on Mrs, Il, 3.
% 'toWe. The latter was invited to dine. In the
midst Of the day and the dinner-getting. Bridoat
ent up word that she was going to leave. d1 Sisd1
me (hair in papers) hurried down. "T,aave
3ridgetm nYes 'm:" " But you can't mean i
Bridget" "Yes m" But you know low Gait can't let
~ VI 1eaEe me lnns, IN the middle Of the fore
oon, when you know have special company
nyited: to dinner" eyes IN, that's #. m;
a1ntt you, m, at all, but don't think T can
, 1872-11-17

- "A little Danbury boy ran away from school
Monday, to 80 chestnutting. During the e1pe-
dition he fell twice opt OF one tree to the imni-
nent danger of breaking his neck, was licked ty
lessened by stumbling against his stomach, ran
silver into his knee, and was bitten violently on
the neck be q new kind OF bug. When he got
home his father anointed him with the boss end
OF billiard cue, and the next day at school the
teacher escorted him twice around the room by
worny this year that it don't pay to go after
, 1872-11-17

AS contribution to the discussion of the
ciose;communion question, the Rev. J. Hyatt
Smith publishes in the Observer q letter received
BY him from Mr. spurgeon year ago. A1r.
spurgeon says: IF this communion question
must be discussed, I wish every success to the
Christian uersts the Baptist side Of it. be-
heye that where there is ope life there must be,
and, as matter OF fact is. communion. The
outward sign is secondary, but the Holy Lord,
Tho makes the thing signided necessity OF
, 1872-11-17

Mill on Auguste Comte, the Contemporary Re-
vie1o, Oliver Wendell Holmes Is Mechanism in
tions, and some Of Emerson's poems,- which
he "dd IN ten minutes which is fully as much
time as the render can proftably spend On
them.
"1fI Was Dictator" is brilliant fancy sketch
ways, who was waited upon by Mr. Gladstone
and Lord Derby, and a large delegation Of the
chief men OF GREAT Britain, and by them made
absolute Dictator over Great Britain for six
months. The article is full OF wit and humor;
pnt lts GOOD Mts are so dependent upon local as
lmpossable to give any extracts from #.