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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-06-04
Prospects of Wheat in Hichi-
gan.

From our correspondents and ex-
changes through the State we give
their reports Of the prospects of the
coming wheat crop in the several To-
calities. In Jackson county the pros
poets are very poor, and in some Sec
tions, about one-third of the amount
sown was winter-killed, and the re-
mainder is exceedingly backward
Some farmers have already plowed un-
der their entire fields Many are Of
the opinion that unless we have large
amount Ct rain within a few weeks.
there will not be over a third of a
crop. A correspondent who has trav-
eled in Shiawasse county, lately, says
The greater portion of the fields pre-
sent barren appearance, and will
prodcce nothing, though some will
yield one-third of the usual crop, and
this county is called one of the best
wheat producing counties in the State.
In Van Buren, county the crop is
looking much better than farmers an.
ticipated, and l would at this time
add, the prospects are good for fan
crop. Uutil recently the Cass county
farmers have been discouraged about
the crops, but the last few weeks have
produced a wonderful change in its
appearance, and now the prospects are
fair fer a bountiful crop.
In Lyman county the breadth sown
last fall was much less than the pre-.
vious year, and Judging from present
appearance the farmers think there
vii not be over half crow.
The Lowell, Kent county, Journal,
says: The wheat crop is doing finely
at present. Notwithstanding the
severe winter season, it promises a
good growth, especially on the low
lands. On the knobs many fields look
sickly yet, but the general prospect is
much more encouraging than it was a
month ago.
From Hudson, Lenawee county, our
correspondent writes the average yield
this year will be about one half what
it was last, and about throe-fourths of
an average yield Of the last four years.
The crop will probably average about
ten bushels per acre.
In Berrisn county, the prospects
nre more promising. though some
fields where the soil is very sandy,
10 k rather spotted, still il is bright
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-06-04

$ recession would depend on the char
acter of the rock at the base of tn
, falls. At the whirlpool very hare
. Tinted sand stone appears ON the wa
: ter's edge. Through this the fal
, would cut its way slowly. Here fol
ages the cataract was almost station
airy.
| Above the new suspension bridge
the Clinton group dips to the water
edge. These rocks are compact and
here the falls made another halt
Seventy thousand years not enough.
We can only approximate, but perhaps
10000 would be closer approxima-
ton to the age of the channel than
10000 years.
This is hot all. We find an old riv-
err bed, filled with drift, between the
whirlpool and St. Davd's. The fall
began not at Lewiston, but st. Da-
vid's. Perhaps 100000 years for the
entire history Of the fall would not be
above the demand. We think of this
as long and our wonder is that the
falls are so old. But he who
looks with geologic eye thinks of the
time as short and his wonder is that
the falls are 50 young The upper
lakes are old. 1t was dry land long
before the Allegheny mountains were
lifted up. The river which drains it
should be old. And yet the Niagara, I
perhaps, is only 100000 years old =
How shall we account for the drainage
Of the lakes through so many millions
of years not registered in the channel
Of Niagara
The speaker drew section of the
upper lakes. aud showed that the NJ
lga-a river =; the head Of the rapids
!, 0nly tLi-ty fee; higher than the face
i Lake Michigan. \ barrier more
han ,lirry feet high, across the Mag
III plateau, would throw the waters
L Lake Erie back on Lake Michigan.
laG the Drainage would be through
he Y :sii-s.pPi TO the Gulf Of Mexi-
10. Western biologists have found
n old river channel from the lake to
he Illinois, and the speaker drew sec
ions of great barrier which once
tretched across the plateau. The old
liver bed in Illinois and the broken
idge across the Niagara plateau ac-
cunt for the extreme youth of the
alls.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-06-04
Extensive Bank Swindlie,

AUGUSTA, Ca, May 31.-On Mon
day party representing himself as
George Holmes went to the Georgia
Railroad Bank with letter of intro
duction from the New York National
Bank of the Republic and a certificate
deposit from that bank for $1,000,
which was cashed by the bank here
to-day. a telegram from New York
pronounced the letter and certificate a
forgery. On the same day another
swindier representing himself as Thos.
c. Holmes, presented certificate of
deposit from the Bank of the Repub-
lie to the Merchants National Bank
of Savannah, which was cashed for
$4,000, The parties proceeded from
Savannah to Macon, where the same
game was practiced on the Central
Georgia Bank to the amount of So
900. One OF the members of the
gang was arrested in Macon for being
drunk, which led to developments
disclosing additional certificates of
deposit from the Republic. The par
ties, calling themselves Bennett and
Holmes, are in Jail at Macon. The
operations of the gang are believed to
extend from Virginia to Alabama,
arrests having been made at Richmond,
Macon and Montgomery.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-06-04
The Washington Treaty.

WASHINGTON, May 3l.-No official
dispatches have been received up to
noon to-day from London. As the
proposed new article of the treaty,
though charged in phraseology by the
Senate, preserves its original intent,
gentlemen in high position being un-
able otherwise to accout for Englands
reluctance to accept it, express the
opinion that her conduct is marked by
insincerity, that she has reverted to
the position she occupied on the 25th
of April, when Minister Schenck in
formed Secretary Fish that it was
probable that the Government would
take such a course as would put an end
to arbitration and to the treaty. All
hope of an arrangement is not, how
ever, abandoned. Some of the earliest
friends of the treaty now express in
difference with regard to it, consider.
ing that concessions have been mad,
by the United States to the fullest ex.
tent.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-06-04
Vessel wrecked with Great
Loss Of Life.

Halifax papers contain the details
of n fearful disaster which occurred at
Labrador. The brig Huntsman
Capt Robert Dawes, sailed for Har-
Dor Grace with a crew of sixty-two
men, on scaling voyage. When off
! Cape Charles, Labrador, Saturday,
! April Doth, in company with the Res
cue, Vesto and Lord Clyde, and near
Battle IIarbor, the Huntsman was
forced ahead, gale from the north
cast suddenly sprung up, and the
Huntsman was driven upon the rocks.
The night was pitch dark, and before
the vessel struck three scamen saw
the rocks and jumped overheard to
try and save themselves, but were in
stantly killed by rush of flowing Ice.
The remaining fifty-nine took to the
rigging and five minutes afterward
both masts went over at six feet above
the deck. and only seventeen of the
crew escaped. OF these seventeen all
but three wcro variously injured by
having their arms and legs broken and
bodies bruised. They managed to
reach the Rescue by crawling over
the ice distance of half mile
Forty five men were lost, most of them
leaving families living at or near Har-
Dor Grace. The other vessels escaped !
with but little damage.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-06-04

General Sheridan advises the War
Department that there are about 5000
hostile Indians collected near Fort
Berthold, who have declared their in
tcntion TO oppose the progress Of work
on the railroad this summer. They
have torn up the stakes planted by
the surveyors in the Powder river
country. When the railroad company
shall have pushed their work to the
west side of the Missouri river, these
Indians contemplate concentration
Of forces for a general hostile move
m mt in mss against the companies.
These Indians are all well armed and
equipped.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-06-04
II is known from official sources

Ii is known from official sources
that the Treaty of Washington is in
peril, the United States having placed
on Great Britain the responsibility of
its failure, and the President and Sen
ate being determined to make no fur
ther concession. The kilograms last
received do not give hope of an
early adjustment, as it is said that
Great Britain requires an unoquivocai
withdrawal of our claims for indirect
damages Maxwell Woodruff, As
sistant Secretary of She Legation at
London, arrived at Washington on the
Both with dispatches from Gen.
Schcnck.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-06-04

table, kept themselves out of harms
way. The United States, during the
past three years, has fortunately been
visited by no calamity equal to the
Persian famine, or an Indifference on
the part of the military Executive
equal to that manifested by the Shah
would no doubt have disgusted cizili-
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-06-04
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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-06-04
Wife Murderer LyucJ,ed

SPRATA, KY, May 3O-The man
John Branham, who murdered his
wife yesterday, by splitting her head
open with an ak, was hung last night
by party of aboct 100 men, who col
lected in front Of the Owenton Jail
about O'Clock, and demanded the
keys from the jailor, which were re-
luctantly given. They then demand
cd the prisoner John Burnham, took
him from the Jail, carried him about
half a mile from town, and hung him
to tree. None of the town authori.
ties were aware of the demonstration.
His wife will be buried to-day. They
have two children; no cause is known
for his killing his wife.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-06-04

Decoration Day was observed with
imposing ceremonies in Cleveland,
indianapolis, Milwaukee, Toledo,
Tcrre Hautc, New York, Chicago,
Boston, Philadelphia and other cities.
The Newfoundland steamer brings
intelligence of the loss of tho schooner
Velocipcde, engaged in the seal fisher.
les Twelve persons were drowned.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-06-04

The Democratic State Central Com
mittee will meet on the 9th of June,
to name the day for holding the Dem
ocratic State Convention.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-06-04
NOTICE.

Take notice, that an application viii he made 10
the Common Council of the city OF Alpena, at a
meeting of said Common Council, 10 be held at the
Council Room, in said city ON the 18th day 81 June,
1872 to vacato and discontinue such part of Sanble
street, in Sarah l.. Carters addition to the village
of Alpena, as extends from Section Line road to
Third street, in said city.
iSw3s DANIEL CARTER.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-08-15

Senator Summers Reply to Speaker Blaine.
WASHINGTON, August 5th, 1872.--DEAR
SrR:-I have seen the letter addressed to me
by you, through the public prints, and no.
tice especially that while animadverting upon
my support Of Horace Greeley, you say not
one word in vindication of that compound of
pretensions known as Grantism, in contradis-
ton to Republcanism, which you would in
stall anew in the Government. You are
greatly concerned about the company keep.
TO quiet your solicitude, I beg leave to say
that in joining the Republicans, who brought
forward an original Abolitionist, l find myself
with so many others devoted to the cause !!
have served always, that had not missed
you until you fastened to report absence; !;
nor had taken account of the Southern &C.
cessionists, who, as you aver, are now coopera-
ting with me in support Of this original Aboli-
ZIONIST, except to rejoice that, if among former
associates some, like yourself, hesitate, their
places are supplied in an unexpected quarter.
You entirely misunderstood me when you
introduce an incident of the past and build on
it an argument why I should not support
Horace Greeley. What has Preston Brooks
to do with the Presidential election? Never,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-08-15
LIFE IN WALL STREET.

A New York letter says I met not long
since two celebrated operators, VIZ: Leonard
W. Jerome and John NJ. Tobin. The former
of these gentlemen, who reigned with such
splendor in the palmy greenback era, is now
somewhat out Of health, and Is leading very
quiet life, rarely being seen in the stock mar
ket. His wealth, which was once counted by
the millions, is now considerably reduced.
"How much is Jerome worth :" inquired l,
lately. of J. M. E., that we'll known though
now retired stock operator Of Boston antece-
dents. "Well, not much" was the reply,
"about three-quarters of million" This IL
lustrates the Wall street idea of fortune.
A man who has hundred thousand is gener-
ally spoken of as having "a little money
half millioner is said to be "pretty we'll OIL;
a millioner is called "well off," while the pos
session of from FIVE to ten millions gives
man the title of "rich," or perhaps "money
king" if he uses his money skillfully in "the
street,
John NJ. Tobin was looking wan and worn;
his opal eve not as lustrous as in those famous
campaigns of 1863-64, when it blazed over
the crowd like meteor, as he snapped up
million after million Of gold and stocks. He,
too, in the zenith of his power, was worth ~"
100000, made in less than three years from
the time he entered the street, Obscure and
penniless, and now, with half million re-
naming out of his splendid fortune. he wan
ders about the street complaining OF his pow
erty, and amusing himself with triaing flyers
of five hundred share lots. These men are
ocr,no ro+;volv fortunate examplee of the pro-
verb 40 often illustrated in Wall street, "It
is long road which has no turning"
The possession of million won across that
great gaming table, the stock market, is more
apt to turn the head and lead to loss and ruin.
If Leonard w. Jerome and John M. Tobln
have survived the shocks of chance and still
possess competency, score OF others hke
Anthony w. Morse and w. d. Woodward
see their millions melt into "thin air. and
themselves stranded high upon the beach OF
speculation, without wave to rock their hu''s
or breeze to fan their sails. ..'
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-08-15

then q law was enacted compelling every male
inhabitant of the settlement to pay into the
bank annually one.tenth of all tho fish he
caught, and no excuse for failure was sd- !
mitted-this continuing as long as the fish
season remained good; but when there was .
failure of the salmon, and starvation impend'
ed, every depositor was entitled to borrow
from the bank enough for his regular supplies,
on condition of repayment next year. .
At the last advices this bank had carried
the people through two consecutive years OF
famine. and accumulated capital Of three
hundred thousand dried fish, and was still &C
cumulating at the rate of twenty thousand q
vear. It was thus on the road to wealth, be-
sides proving such fountain Of bene6cence
to the people. It is the principle Of JosePh's
management in Egypt, with all the modern
improvements required by the state OF society
in Siberia. Herald.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-08-15

A NOVEL SAVINGS BANK.-In the north.
eastern part of Siberia the inhabitants live
chiefly upon salmon, which enter the streams
in summer to spawn; then the natives take
immense quantities of the fish, dry them, and
lay by supply for the next season. About
every third or fourth year, on the average
though with considerable irregularity-the
salmon do not appear, and the consequence is
famine, which, falling first upon the dog
teams of the people, disables the latter from
drawing supplies from other quarters. 10
prevent the terrible sufferings which have
arisen from this cause, the Russian govern
ment established at Kolyma, a post on the
Arctic ocean, sort of savings bank with
capital of one hundred thousand dried fish,
purchased from the natives and stored away !;
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-08-15
THE BATTLE OF THE RATTLESNAKE.

Mr.. Frank Buckland writes as follows upon
this subject: "Mr. Thomas Hughes, M. r,
has been kind enough to give very tine
specimen of the rattle of a rattlesnake. 1t IS
two inches and half long, and is composed OF
nine joints. This piece of mechanism is one
of the most wonderful in the animal world. 1t
is composed of horny material, very thin,
and is almost as transparent as the sheets OF
gelatine in which bon.bons are wrapped. 1t
is difficult to explain its ultimate structure in
words. The rattle before me is formed of
nine complete sections, fitted one into the other
in more ingenious way than any puzzle made
by human hands, even those of the Chinese;
they fit one into the other so that it is impos-
sible to get them apart without breaking them.
Number one (say the lowest) passes right
through hollow in number two, and then
bulges out, forming kind of clip or prcjec-
ton, around which number three holds on
firmly, not unlike the ball-socket joint The
rattle is rather more than half an inch across.
The snake does not carry it with its broad
side to the ground. but with one edge up and
the other down when shaken with the human
hand, the noise it makes is very like the noise
from a child's rattle; but when the snake
plays upon his own instrument, its sound is
quick and sharp, like shot when dropped on
tin plate There can be no doubt but that
this curious musical instrument, is given to
the snake in order to enable him to get close
to his prey.
Imagine blazing hot day on the deeolate
prairie, no noise, everything is silence itself.
The whirr.whirr ofs rattlesnakes rattle would,
undor tbese circumstances. attract the notice
of bird or small animal, who could easily
escape from his enemy by fight if be knew
where his enemy was. He remains, however,
still to listen to the unwonted noise, and gives
the snake time to get up, glide noiselessly up
to him, and strike him with his deadly fangs.
Some time since an American gentleman hap
pened to be talking with me at my museum,
when I suddenly played upon rattlesnake's
tail. My friend, traveller, who knew the
sound we'll, immediately jumped suddenly
aside in great alarm, thinking that l might
have rattlesnake loose in the room.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-08-15
From the Fairfield News. /
LETTER FROM JUDGE THOMAS.
YoRKv1LIE, s. c., July 80, 1872.

YoRKvILLE, 6. c., July ~, lo7Z.
Mr.. Editor: In your note Of the 9th ult,
YOU ask me if favor the liberal movement,
and if will be candidate for Congress.
In 1858, believing thss tue lsts freedmen
were men, conscientiously supported their
right to suffrage, and with it Gen. Grant for
President. Since then have found that
the most of the party who voted with me, in
stead of voting from "high moral ideas" we're
devoted to the principles of addition, divi.
sion and silence" and that their associations
were no place for me- As one expressed it to
another, "the Judge is a good Republican,
but he don't act with the party"
In 1872, I find that what l predicted in
1868 has come to pass-that the intelligence
of the State has come up to the Republican
platform. I never knew this people to know
inely do a mean, dishonest or deceitfal act.
They are under the leadership Of men OF f"high
and moral ideas"-Greeley and Brown. l
therefore cast my lot with my people.
Second. In 1868 the slogan was a white
mans government" I was opposed to it. In
1872 it is practically colored mans govern
ment and I am opposed to it.
Third. In 1868 / voted for constitutional
government as contra-distinguished from one
Revolutionary, null and void" In 1872 l
do the same as contra-distinguished, under
my own personal observation, from military
despotism.
Fourth. In 1868 voted to accept the stu.
alton and join hands across the "bloody
chasm." In 1872 I shall do the same. l
will not change. .,.,s,..
Fifth. In 1868 voted to avoid war of
races. With less confidence, but with the
same view I shall vote in 1872 for the party
of reconciliation.
As to my being candidate for Congress,
it is a matter for the Congressional District:
I have never aspired to be a politician, but If
I can do better and higher for my fellow cit
izens am at their service.
Very truly your ob't. servt,
WV. NJ. THOMAS.