Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-07-08


devoted to the commercial and ag
ricultural interests of Ludingtor
and Mason County. 1t is an eight
column folio, is neatly printed and
lastly made up.
The work upon the harbor at
Ludington, Mason County, is be-
ing prosecuted as rapidly as posi-
BILE. The channel has already been
materially widened and deepened
and the pier is to he considerably
heightened, when the barber will
be one of the finest and most commo-
dious north of Grand Haven.
An iron bridge, to cost s., 800, is
to be built over Holster Creek at
Elba, Lapeer County.
1t is said that not one-half of the
logs cut along the Tittabawassee,
River can be run out the present
season.
The body Of Edward Churchill,
who was drowned at Grand Rapids
on the 2Sth ult., was recovered from
the river about three miles below
the city on the 30th ult.
A man named Antram, of Buena
Vista township, Saginaw county,
purchased n horse, for which he
paid seventy dollars, from the town.
ship poundmaster, on the 2Sth ult.,
and the following night the animal
was stolen from his stable. The
thieves were traced some distance,
but were finally lost track of and
escaped.
A gang Of men will be put to
work TO straightcn the track Of the
Jackson, Lansing d Saginaw at
the intersection of the Jackson,
Lansing Bay City Road, near Bay
City. This change will shorten the
line about three hundred feet, and
do away with sharp curve at that
point.
The farmers in Ionia are in the
midst of their haying, much Of
which has been secured. The yield
will be considerably less than an
average one.
A little daughter Of +. Howard, |
living in Greenport township, Gin
ton county, fell into a pot of hot |
water recently, and was so badly |
scaldcd about the breast and /
that it is doubtful if she |
RECEIVERS.
Another of the bridges over the
Grand River at Grand Rapids has
been made free, the proprietors
thereof having been recompenscd I.
by subscriptions from residents of |
the city.
The Chief Of Police of Jackson
received telegram on "a inst. an
the seizure at Valparaiso,
Ind, of the horse and buggy stolen
from Mr.. Dorrett, of Jackson, on
the 2Sth ult. The thief was also |
captured and will be returned to
Jackson for trial.
Thomas Gagnon, n Frenchman
in the Burt) Lake SUI
perior Mine, at Ishpeming, Mar
quettc county, was killed, n few
days ago, by rock which fell upon
him and broke his neck.
The L'Anse Charcoal Furnace
Company, with a capital of $685. !
900, is fully organized, and will
commence "blowing hot" as soon as
the necessary works are erected, 4
the contract of which will be begun
at once.
The Kalamazoo Insane Asylum
has over 800 patients.
On the first Of July the dog IL
cense law went into effect, taxing
81 for male and SO for female
dog. The law requires that every
dog licensed shall wear collar
stamped with the owners's name
and the number of his license. Lii
cences are to be procured from the
township clerks and city recorders.
Lake Superior copper is said to
be worth from three to four cents
per pound more than the foreign
metal.
A new manufacturing institu-
ton for the manufacture OF harves-
ter guards is being organized in
Jackson.
The double track of the NJ. c. r.
r. between Wayne and Ypsilanti,
it is expected, will be completed by
July 10.
The Patrons Of Husbandry con-
template holding a grand mass con-
vention at Kalamazoo early in De-