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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-12-16
Indian Outrages i'm Texas.

On the 9Th inst, Indians attack
ed three men, IS miles from San
Antonio, and MORALLY wounded
Geo. Bell. a boy was shot in the
leg, and a Mexican had an arm
pinned to his side with an arrow.
The Indians drove of rs head of
horses
The Indians Ia their raid on the
Neuces River have killed "a per-
sons mostly sheep herders. The
son Of Mr.. Gray of Santiago rancho,
was also killed. Buck Graves, in
command Of a party of citizens
from Corpus Christi, is in pursuit
of them. Thirty Indians attacked
Rciil's rancho and captured IS
horses, but no one was killed. The
Indians are supposed to be Com
anches. They came upon two
Mexicans, one of whom jumped in.
to well to save himself. The,
caught the other and stripped ant
threw him into the well after hi,
comrade. At another ranch wner,
IL herders were driving sheep, the,
killed seven and hung them t,
trees.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-12-16

iishment Last year the amount
thus voted was $4,000, so that the
Presidents compensation since the
fourth of March 1873, has been in
reality at the rate of sl27,OO per
annum. Now Mr.. Kasson and his
colleague on the minority porpose
that these incidental allowances
voted the Chief Magistrate be so
curtailed-such curtailment to date
back to the fourth Of March last
that the total in pay and allowances
shall not exceed what was received
during each of the years of the
first term. After March fourth,
1876, in 10 proposed to reduce the
salary TO t25, 000. With this prop
osition adopted the President
would nominally receive $780, 900
per year, and be no better of
than when the annual salary was
only $4,000. Those organs which
have rejoiced in the Presidents
salary was secure from hostile
touch, will see that it is not so Sc
cure after all and it would be serv-
ing Mr.. Grant just right, after the
airy and unwarranted assumptions
made by his particular friends of
his opposition 10 the salary steal, to
cut down his allowances. When
this is done if there are any Con-
gressmen who think that $4,000
in salary and $1,000 in allowances
are not sufficient to maintain the
President, let them make the prop
osition to fix the salary at $4,000
after the 4th of March, 1876. The
question would then come up on
its merits, and Congressman would
vote upon it in the light of their
experience Of the past few months,
and with a knowledge that there
was scarcely the slightest probabili-
ty of their action in the slightest
degree affecting the present Chief
Magistrate of the nation.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-12-16

A special dispatch from Berlin,
dated Dec. Is, says that the COM
mander of one of the German yes
sells, seized by the Spanish man-of-
war, in the Sooloo Archipelago and
carried to Mauilac, writes home
that himself and crew were sent to
prison and kept there two months,
receiving very harsh treatment at
the hands Of the Spanish officers.
The dispatch also says that the pub
lie feeling in Germany is much ex-
cited over the seizure of the yes
sells, and the fullest satisfaction for
the insult to the German flag is de-
manded.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-12-16

age herself, a. she commenced 10
drift back toward the barge. The
line was cut loose, and the propel-
Ter fell aft into the trough of the
sea.
At 7 o'clock she listed over TO
port, and the gang-way near the
engine was seen TO be broken in.
Soon her stern commenced to set
tie and a great sea struck her,
carrying off cabin and pilot-house.
Most of the crew were on the pilot
house, aud all were swept into the
lake. For a few minutes many
were seen on fragments Of the
cabin, and then they seemed to dis
appear.
A hfe-boat had been put off be-
fore the cabin was swept away,
with three men, not known, from
the barge. After the propeller
sunk, the life-boat was seen for 10
minutes mounting the seas and
going out into the lake ahead of
barge, and then was seen no more.
The men had one oar only, and one
man was pulling, the others slap
ping themselves to keep warm.
The boat probably shipped some
water, and the men would soon
freeze to death. All hope is ahan-
doned of any from the propeller
being saved.
The barge rolled in the trough
of the sea across Lake Huron from
Thursday morning until Saturday
noon. She shipped but little water,
and the cargo is in good condition
as far as has been seen. 1t is now
being unloaded here. Small dam
age will probably be found. The
men from the barge are receiving
medical treatment here and all at
tention.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-12-16

From the accounts received, we
judge that the gale of week before
last was the most severe and de-
structive on land of all that have
occurred in many years. 1t seemed
to rage most fearfully in the Sagin-
aw Valley, and in the Eastern part
of the State.
At Detroit mnch damage was
done to the shipping in the river,
and many boats were torn from
their moorings. and forced up the
river many miles, some of them
lodging in the shallow waters of
Lake st. Clair; houses were torn
down, and lumber piles and fences
were carried away like shingles. In
the interior, thousands of trees
were thrown aci oss railroads and
highways, and in some places whole
forests were blown down, Mary
accidents occaryed, and qaite q
number of lives are reported lost.
1t is fortunate that navigation had
practically closed, else the loss of
life AMI property would, no doubt,
have been enormous.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-12-16
The Salary Repeal Bill.

Of the bills before the House Of |
Representatives, says the Detroit !
Free Press, to repeal the law IN
creasing salaries, that reported by
Messrs. Kasson and Jewett, the
minority of the committee to whom
the subject was referred, is incom-
parably the best. Mr.. Kasson is
undoubtedly one of the few Re-
publicans in the House who does
not care for the smiles of the Pres
ident and who has no fear Of his
frowns. He therefore recognizes
that the chiefest of the salary-grab-
beis was Ulysses S. Grant, and he
sufficiently understands the senti-
ments Of his own State Qowa) to
know that the people there are just
as much opposed to giving the
President $50, 900 per annum as to
increasing by $500 the annual sal
airy Of each Congressman. Having
gone thus far it was but natural
that he should have looked about
him to see II there was not some
means Of reducing the pay Of the
President as well as that OF Con.
gressmen. A repeal bill at the
present time, if it did not at all
touch upon the pay and pcrquisit-
les Of the President, would not be
at all unsatisfactory to the occu.
pant Of the White House. HI
would continue to do what he could
to keep up the fiction that he wa,
opposed to the salary steal, ant
would also continue with accustom
ed regularity to draw his MONTH,
stipend Of s4,166.66. But IL Mr.
Kasson's bill should pass Congress
he will have reason to regret tina
he did not manfully stand up 70
the interests of the people ia March
1873, and prevent the pludering o
the treasury to the extent Of twelv'
hundred thousand dollars. MI
Kasson did not see his way clear t.
any direct reduction of the annua
salary OF the President for the eur
rent of four years, but he did Sc,
how practically q reduction could
be effected, and President, as vel
as Congressman, forced to be con
tent with the allowances for the of
flce which were In existence befor,
the salary act was passed.
The President, II Is well known
receives 10 addition to his salary,
large sum annually from Congress
~ enable him ~ maiDtsin bic esfsb-
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-12-16

II nothing has interfered to pre-
vent it, the virginius is by this
time in the hands of the United
States Government, and the prison
ers released. To-day is the day Sc
lected for the delivery of the steam
er, which is to be done in broad
day light, and at some Cuban port
other than Havana. The country
will be rejoiced when the vessel is
finally out of the clutches of the
Cubans, and when the lives Of the
men who are in prison are no long
er in jeopardy. There will then be
nothing left to embarrass either
Spain or the United States, and ne
gotiations can proceed to speedy
and harmonious termination.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-12-16

We find the following, dated
Port Elgin, Dec. 6, in the Detroit
Free Press of the eth:
Capt. Barrett, Of the barge Guild
ing Star, with crew Of seven ar
rived here this afternoon in a yawI
boat with their feet badly frozen
They left the barge about nine
miles oat in disabled condition,
She was laden with 24,m0 bgshels
OF wheat, bound from Milwaukee
Tor Sarnia, and was in tow Of the
propeller City OF Detroit, which
was laden with 5000 bushels OF
wheat, the remainder of the cargo
being rolling freight. The gale
struck them at half past three thi.
morning, when they cut the barge
loose, and about seven o'clock the
City Of Detroit sunk in Saginaw
Bay. Capt. Barrett saw three o.
crew of the propeller in q yawl
and one man was seen in anothe-
boat. 1t is feared the rest of tn,
crew went down with the propeller
There were about twenty on board
The Detroit Tribune of the etl
contains the following dispatch
dated Port Huron, Dec. 8:
The captain and crew of tn
barge Guiding Star are here. TIL
barge arrived at 3.45 p. NJ. All th
crew had their feet frozen, an
some were still worse injure,
Vim. Dean and several others weI
in a very bad condition. AL Wi
probably get well.
The gale struck the vessels at
o'clock Thursday morning, rs mile
this side Of Au Sable. The pro, Je
Ter was put head to sea and rode
out with barge till 9 o'clock, tn
wind southwest, and the sc
then 80 feet high. The propelle
then seemed 20 lo.e power 70 man
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-12-16
A dispatch from Havana Of the

A dispatch from Havana of the
18th, says that last night several
hundi ed men marched cheering
and shouting to the PLAYABLE Or
mas, and gathering in front of the
Captain Generals palace, gave
noisy expressions to the dissatisfac-
ton of the departure of the Vir-
ginius, and disapproval Of the
course Of prominent persons who
favored the delivery of the vessel.
Two Spaniards who endeavored to
pacify the mob, were rudely hustl-
ed about, and several shots, believ-
ed to be accidental, were fired. The
crowd fingered around the palace
till midnight when the Captain
General addressed them, and pre-
vailed upon them to go home.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-12-16
News Items.

The United States steamer Pow
hatan, with the monitor Manhattan
in tow, went to sea Tuesday from
Lewis, Delaware.
A small house in New Britain,
Conn, burned Monday. A colored
man, his wife and child were burn
ed to death.
The long strike at the iron mills
at Troy, N. Y, ended Tuesday.
One thousand two hundred men
find employment.
There is prospects of the Eiiv
Canal being kept open until all the
boats bound east can be got
through.
A boy named Ray Cooper, II
years old, was run over by loco
motive and instantly killed at Terre
Haute, Ind, Tuesday.
The Democrats Of Manchester,
v. r., elected their mayor by 5Il
majority. Heretofore they carried
but one ward.
J. Kingston Boyd, well known
IN connection with the -, Charles
Hotel office, New Orleans, com
mitted suicide Tuesday by taking
morphine. Cause no money and
no work.
II. T.. Hosford, cashier Of Angus
tus w. King a. Co, brokers, Pine
street, New York, IL missing will
some 10000 belonging to the firm
Hosford was formely President Q
Croton Bank.
The Board Of Canal Forwarder
4 at meeting on Change, Tuesday
passed resolutions which were after
ward endorsed by the Board @
Trade, asking the State authorize
to repair the Eastern Division G
Erie Canal to enable them to re
boats through tide water.
Seventeen tribes were represent
, ed In an Indian council ut Ocmu'
> gee, Indian territory, recently, an
. adjourned without doing any busi
! ness except to express disapprova
Of a Territorial government for til
. lndian Territory.
/ The steamer J. II. Lee, lade
with Government stores for Ring
B gold barracks at Brownsville, wa
5 sunk by a snag in the Rio Grande
: At 2 o'clock Tuesday A. N
I Lyman Shepard, of Wheeling, wen
, home, told his wife he would rea
before going to bed, seated bimseI
: by the fire, and before she coul
/. stop him drew pi-tol and she
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-12-16

While the times are SO exceed
sngly dull here, 1t is a source Of
qualification to know that mills and
factories in various parts of the
country, which either suspended or
worked on short time. are now re-
Stunning and running on full time,
though some Of them have cut the
wages down from ten to twenty
five per cent.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-12-16
State Items.

The Exchange Bank and tn,
State Bank. of Bay City, have beer
consolidated under the name o.
the latter The capitol Of the joint
concern amounts to Sl63,000.
A woman named, McNiel was
seriously injured at McCarty's
camp, about two miles from Cole
man station. on the Flint d Pere
Marquette Railroad, by the gale
Thursday morning. She was at
work when tree fell on the shanty,
and crushing through the roof
struck her, breaking a leg and
wounding her severely otherwise.
The examination of Charles B.
Nation, charged with stabbing
Mr.. Clark w. June, was held on
Thursday and Friday, December 3
and 4, in Allegan. The prisoner
was held for trial on the charge of
murder at the next term of the
Allegan Circuit Court.
Two sons of VIM. Senick, of In
dependence, Oakland county, aged
respectively nine and twelve years,
were drowned last Friday week by
the breaking Of the ice on Welter's
Lake, which they were crossing.
Frederick Bradley, of Waterford,
Oakland, county, committed suicide
last Thursday week, by takinc
Financial embarrass-
ment is said to have been the cause
of the act.
The examination of Orville Reed
aud Burden Lonsby, charged with
killing J. Irving SALISBURY, on the
I'D of November, in the township
Of Birch Run, was held in East
Saginaw on Tuesday. Reed was
held for trial and Lonsby discharg-
ed.
The Union School at Ishpeming,
Marquette county, employees force
Of sixteen teachers and has over
900 scholars in attendance.
The Postmaster-General has re-
established the office of Ball Creek,
in Kent county.
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To Tax Payers.

The fall roll isnow in my hands for collection.
will be in my office, at the store Of X. Richards
& Co., on Fl lay OF each week, for the purpose OF
receiving taxes Parties who have not paid their
summer tax are notified that they MUST pay
that the sfringency OF the times does not release
the collector from his duties, nor the tax payer
from his liability.
City Treasurer.
Athena, Dec. 0, 1873.
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The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-04-29
Spiders Travelling by Balloon.

A correspondent of the Scientific Ameri-
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The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-04-29

eB- A lady in London was recently con-
veyed from the gay and festive scene of a
ball room, prostrated by exhalations from
the beautiful green robe she wore. The
most powerful antidotes failed to recover
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The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-04-29

TINHIS school is designed to be a classical and
Il normal institute OF the first grade. Students
are prepared thoroughly for any college In the
land. Those desiring TO be teachers receive thor
ough normal drill on all studies taught in the pub
lie schools All others are carried forward in the
higher academic studies and on completion OF
course receive certificate Of graduation.
Excellent boarding is provided in the building
OF the institution and the school is pleasantly To-
Gated.
The working force is as follows:
Rev. JOHN EDGAR. A. NJ. Principal,
Teacher OF Classics and Advanced Studies
A. NJ. Markell, NJ S.
Teacher of English Studies.
Miss 8. LIFE,
Teacher of Music, Painting and Drawing.
Miss T.. M. MORROW,
Teacher Of Preparatory Department.
Prof. j. r.. FLlCKINGER,
Teacher OF Penmauship.
s8- For further information, address Principal,
VIM GRIER, Proprietor,
7 lott New Bloomfield, Perry co., Pa.
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gB- The young man w.,o boasted that he
could marry any girl he pleased, found that
he couldn't please any.
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NEW BLOOMFIELD. PA.


We receive money on deposit and pay back on
demand. We discount notes for period of not
over so days, and sell Drafts on Philadelphia and
New York.
On time Deposits, five per cent. forany time over
four months; and for four months four per cent.
We are well provided with all and every facility
for doing Banking Business; and knowing, and
for some years, feeling the great Inconvenience un-
der which the people of this County labored forthe
want of a Bank of Discount and Deposit, we have
have determined to supplythe want ;and this being
the first Bank ever established in Perry county, we
hope we will be sustained in efforts, by all the
business men, farmers and mechanics.
This Banking Association is composed of the fol
lowing named partners:
A. sPoNsLER' Bloomfield, Perry county Pa.
VIM. II. MILLER, Carlisle,
OFFICERS:
w. A. SPoNSLER, President.
WILLIAM WILLIS Cdshter
New Bloomfield, 8 5 1y