Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-11-25
News Items.

News Items.
Lewis Rasentheiner, one of the
negroes who murdered Abraham
Benin near Middletown, n. u, Fri
day week, was arrested In New
York city.
Hugh McCulloch, of Jay Cooke,
McCulloch d Company. London,
sailed for England Saturday week.
The firm will be dissolved at the
end of the present year, when Mr..
McCulloch and his English juniors
will continue business under a new
and strong combination.
An old vessel is the bark True
Love, which recently arrived at
Philadelphia from Greenland. She
was built in 1864, and her timbers
are said to be as sound as ever.
The Emperor of Austria has OPP
ened, with great ceremony, the new
conduit which is to supply the city
of Vienna with water from the
Alps.
A full regiment of one thousand
men was rendered to the President
Tuesday, by the citizens of Titus
vile, Pa, in the Cuban cause.
The Superintendent General of
the recruiting service has been or
dered to send two hundred recruits
to Fort Leavenworth.
Careful compilations show that
there will be seven and half mil
lion feet of white pine taken out of
the Ottawa numbering district this
season, against twelve millions and a
half last year. There will be at
least two and quarter million feet
of red pine. Wages are reduced
five to seven dollars per week from
last years rates, and provisions are
cheaper.
At Toronto, the high wind which
prevailed Sunday rose to gale, and
furious snow storm prevailed.
Tuesday morning the roads were
all blocked and the storm still rag
ing.
The United States steamer Ada,
supposed to be lost, is safe.
Tue ,day a violent wind, with
rain, began at Halifax, increasing to
a perfect hurricane. There was a
heavy sea in the harbor, and two
vessels went ashore. The gale was
the heaviest experienced for many
years. The velocity of the wind
was SO miles an hour. Serious
damage to shipping OFF the coast is
feared.
A dispatch from Alden says the
Turkish Government has with
drawn its troops from the scene O
the recent conflict in Arabia, ano
peace has been restored.
Telegraph reports from New
England and the interior of New
York represents the storm whic|
prevailed Monday night as tn
, most severe for years.
Latest dispatches received by th
War Office from Sir Carrot Wolse
ley, commanding the expeditio
, against the Ashantees, give favor
able accounts of its progress, an
!. express strong hopes of success
/ The General writes exultantly {
|, the excellent moral effects on tn
i troops of the recent skirmisht
# with the savages.
e One of the most significant sigr
Of the times is the immense nun
n Der of railroads which are now
# default for non-payment of intere
: on their ! on1s. Estimating Il
n nsire amount now ou!s st lnding
q this country at Sl,700,OOO,O00, IL
a amount in default is about Ii p,
"a cent, or, stated in round number
N s2l7,95l, 900.
There are at present 2,347 mt
g. employed in the various depaI
y ments of the Brooklyn navy var
10 and it is probable orders will
&c given for the employment Of OF
pc thousand more.
Is Rodenfels, Seymour q Co., e
ne tensive flour mill operators, ru
lit ming one mill at Gosport, and Il
C. CLANCY mill near Winchester, {
D. made an assignment to James
Montgomery Monday evening. II
to assignee gave bonds in $500
Is. The assets are supposed to be So!
vs. 600 to $4,000; liabilities n
he known. f
William Foil, charged with el
ty bezzling 800 from sewing n
on chine firm in Pittsburgh, was
rautad Monday and taken To PIT