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, 1873-10-22

.Txventv.ycFcn DcntlB in Wemphi1.@
Mayor Johnson Isrcovcrfng-..1lonu-
ncnts to lso Erected 10 Two Devoted
Nurses
Special Dtepatch to The Chicago Tribune.
MEMPHIS, Oct. 2l.-T4ore was heavy frost
this uoruiug, a,il the weather continues cool.
Our oitzens generally regret that DR.. Glack-
bum, Of Louisville cancd DR.. Ryan, Of Chicago
Thoro soenlB to be
NO ABATEMENT IN TIE p1sEA9E.:
No hopes arc entertained for the lifo Of DR.. f.
J. Freeman, Secretary of tho Board Of 4oa1th.
Mayor johnson il Improving. f..
Bushesa 1emuiuB dull.
TILE MoATuApY REPORT
for tho twenty-fonr hours ending st 6 p. N. Is
as follows: Deaths from yellow fever-alrs.
r. Lachs, Airs. Harvey, Auna Clark, colorod
Christlan Obcssto, L. j. Dobson, William
Spring, ". Davenport, colorcl q. T. Smith,
john AIalonoy. L. r. Galloway. G. Sui
liyan, Juaa Hays, colorcd; Dcnjamtn Bon
nor, john Corey, Pat Manning. Sophia
Chtiatcnaen, j. ]. Boyd. s. o. Johnson A.
stonnctt, D. Hannigan, colored woman, Ii.
Sullivan, infant of Ella Lee, Tbomas o'a1ahony'
Charles rrcston, colored L; RIehalus' t;oa1I nn-
3aey 3as Tcn T. c0a*a n aoxoeb an' Iows -.
raj Carlin, NJ. Cllrisslaiaon, B. Barboe, aug.
Weltzol. Total, VII yellow foSer, I'll othsr
causes, 10. , n..o.,
MEMPHIS, Oct, al" FORESTS Campaign"
sold fur tue relief Of sufferers tlis morning ut
913 per volume.
Subscriptions toward the Stephenson monu-
,nent. she bclug tho young lady from Illinois
who died wh1le ntltning the sick. a,o coming III
rapldly. Another lntiy, Lulu Williamson, has
beeis presented wishngod ctoss by 4. q. franh-
land for her devotion to the sick dur!ng the
epidemic. Hllo WAS stricken with tho disease,
| but il recovering.
Much roget is EXPRESSED on tho stroot to-day
| At the difficulty yesterday between Dr; blacR'
burn, Of Louisville, and Or. Ryan, ct qnlcaSo>
1t a paste"sy reAueaeG " tue so,nrn nna'1 unt II
It Is irnMnosnib!o nj to get anything reliable about
| tho tsoase. Now canoA arc occurring u lan'
lated districts, al tho frostH soom to haVe Att1e
| e,foet In checking the asscase:
| Dr.. FrGetnau, Secretary of tue board .o1
Health, IL reported dying Tonight; also, Dr..
Dionnt.
MONTGOMERY Ala, Dot. 2l.-Ihero we're eia
dcntha from yvllow feycr here III tho peat forty
oit.ht hours Tho cold weather contributes to
tho mortality.
| suREyEponr, La., Dot. photographers nll
we'll. In,efmentu hfnrgaret Charleston, wliito,
"a isoborl Young, .; MIR. Highs child, "a dnys.
IN MONTGOMERY, ALA
no, v s &c., oy Man;sst yS0oi Il
tho Southern Il Atlantic telegraph office, diod
last night, 30 miles east at thia city.
nElaEF FRoA PHILADELPHIA.
sptoia! Dtspalsh to 1he G"caao 7rioats: II,
pu1LApE1pHtA. Oct. N.-BubBcriptioDs for the
relief Of tho Butlorora ut Mo,npAis aud Slrovo:
port are coming in worry slowly A. j. Dfe4o'
announcoa the rcceipt Of $3H7 70: tho past ave
days, Col, Muokls, Grand Troasarer Of the odd
Fellows ct Pennsylvania, roporta ,4o receipt o1
ebD5G0 for the sufforors, being tue subses'ptaoa
OF that body iu this State.
, 1873-10-22

4 convention called by the Slate Farmers Aa-
sociation OF Illinois, but NOT confined to this
State, will assemble in tliB city to-day, to con-
slider tho question OF railway transportation.
The particular objects sought to be accomplish
cd arc set forth In the call which wo publish
elsewhere.
To the delegates attending this Convention, aa
we'll Us to those Of the National Board Of Trade,
who bare to ideal with the same question, We COM
mend tho speech delivered yesterday by Col. r. r.
Morgan, Jr., at Danvers, Mclean County, Iii. To
this subject Col. Morgan has brought not only
largo experience. but, as We CONCEIVE, a high Do
grea Of inn part'ality. He has embodied the re-
sults OF his experience and observation in an ex-
tremoly logical md convincing argument.
Though upt claiming to have entirely solved the
problem, Col. Margap showa that competition
among RAILWAYS must bs takea Rs the basis and
atarting point Of all attempts at Legislative con-
troll. He believes that the common law tR law
enough for all practical purposea, IT efficient na-
chino.y il provided for it, enforcement, and that
the rates which railways establish for themselves
| at points where competition really exfHts ata A.
low ~ age compatible with fair return to tho
capital actually invested in thom. Lower rates
than tnose cannot be had, and should not bo Do
| mandod.
Arbitrary rates Of freight charges to be fixed
by law. Col. Morgan holds to 10 impraottoahlo'
| Maximum rates are only trifle less so, and arc
az apt to work adverHoly to the public rs to the
| railways. II 1t is impracticabla for stsse
Legiataturo to fix arbitrary rates for railways
within !.s onn Jurisdiction, It il far moro 10 fol-
Congress to attempt such legislation for the
Whole country. It is likewise Tisiouary to o1'
poet Congress to appropriate the public funds
1 to build now railways. Such proceeding ~onlt
involve stupendous aud nover-enang cost ant
tar-reacltug corruption, 1t would likewise bt
unjust to existing railways, and rould forever
deter private capital from that form OF 1Ryest
ment. Yinpe thore would be no guarantee tia
It would not be Immediately doatroyet
by Gover1mout competition, against which III
private enterprise could ooutend. The propoal
ton that Congress should charter (not construct
ptsr-s!ets railways, Offers no Fellof, alnce th'
, 1873-10-22
THE CITp,S HEALTH.

Reports by the 1aenith-Offlcer md
Sanitary Supcrislt ndcnt--1d2 Deaths
in Seven DAyx--.lhe Slnatl-Eox EQos-
pitnl.
The Board Of Health hold regular weekly
meeting yesterday afternoon, all plesont except
Dr.. johnson and DR.. scl1lootzer. Mr., Datohan
took the chair, and the 4aipute0 OF tho previous
meeting wore read and approved. The reports
Of the Health Officer and tho Sanitary Suporin-
tondont wore presented.
Tho report Of tho Health Officer was, In sub-
stance, as follows: There have been Ill notices
Of nuisanceB served, and 4G8 uuisanceH bavo
been abated. There havo been 213 notices to
mako sewer connections served, and B8 oonnec-
tions have been made. There have been IS
quarters Of meat and &c dozen Of game con
demned as unfit for food. In tho mattor Of
sewer:conu ections, notices arc served as fast as
the street sewcrs arc laid, and suits brought
either against leabees or owners wherever there
'is probability. of inducing them to mako tho
connections. Since July list Of 266 undrained
of Public Works 10 have connections maae,
but the procey5 ia, iu their hands, nocos-
sarily slow; It is desirable that Rono additional
powers should DO conto1rod eithor upon the
Board OF Health or tho Board OF Public Works
to OBTAIN summary method Of procedure
Notices have bcon served upon the various dia.
tilleries, forbiddiug them to Keep cattlo, and to
| remove them within thirty dayG. The aoayenger
/ work bus boou satisfactorily performed. aud the
|: slaughteG-houses arc visited daily.
| Tho Sanitary Superinteudent's neckly report
showed mortality Of l42, being Z less than tho
| preceding week in October, ind 10 loss than tho
| corresponding week last year. Tho cbief cauaes
Of death were Us follows Accidents, s oh01ota
ilitantum, II consumption, 10 oonyusionB,
10; typhoid foyer, 81 pnall'po1, 8; tabcs meg
| ol,sorlea. D.
The number undor year Of age was 80. and
| under yehrH of age, so: ~
| The uumoor Of males was g., and fotnalos, 78; :;
married, 35,. and SINGLE 107, white. 141, and COL
orod, / native birth, Of; foreign birth, 45.
The greatest number Of deaths, by wards, wero !;
soyentpepih Ward, ii. There have been small
boz Or vsriolod oasea reported IN twenty diner
ent laneponts in tue city.
Tho average Temperature for thp Week was
b7.1 degrees. ~
The Superintendent f,lrther statea that the
now smallpox hospital will 10 inadequate in
case Of an epidemic that the prosont building
on tho lake shore il dilapidatea aud will ba use
less ueleaa It IL repaired. He recommends tue
addition Of temporary ward to tho nov hospital
which would ooBt lesB than tho repairs on tho
old building.
uo also suggests that some steps DO taken IN
regard to tho slough at tho rtar of Dlckllaon d
Luok8' diBtlllery, Which IL In a bad condition.
Tho layeut1ou Of Mrs. Scott uda 1aa prosqnt'
| cd to tho Board for their approval and rccoM-
incubation, and tho consideration OF thu mnttol
was referred to tho Fiuauco Committee
After discussion Of tho ways abatlnR yartouE
uis anccs, tho Board adjonrnea,
, 1873-10-22

Tho Chicago produce markets. were generally
slow yesterday, aud gram WIS oaslor, while pork
products tondod upward. sloss pork was 51.oo
lower on old, and a Hhade irmer for fatnre' as
e1sQo@1s25 oaBh, and sia.s7>1@12'6o bo'isT
DAG embor. Lard was In good demand at 7}}5R
7y1o cash, and 75S@7>6o sellor Jan"ar7. Meats
were quiet At eN@o1so for Bhort ribs; e}s@7p
for short clear, aud 811Do19o for sweet picked
hams. uiglwluos we're quiet aud unchanged
s4 200 per gallon. Lnke fso!Chts wore modeF-
a.sl, active, aud }31o Iowor, st 515o for oorn TO
, 1873-10-22


The session Of the Natloual Board Of Trade.
which was opened In Kingsbury Hall yesterday,
and tile Farmers Convention, which meeta to-
day IN Mc0ormicA'p Hall, puggcats that Chicago
rs Ae city OF all others In thls country for tue
gathering Of Ill largo bodies, political, COM
morcial, religious. agricultural, or Of any other
nature. Tho advantages wh!oh Chicago now
possesses over every other large olty tor accom-
modatipg aud entertaining conventions that
attract crowds Of people will Immediately occur
to all who arc familiar with our new city. They
may ho briefly summed up {er THO intqEmstop
of the country at largos
/. Chicago Ia natural centre, offering more
equal faolitics to all .psrts Of tho country than
any other available location that can be found.
This is attoatea by the fact that 1t has built up
tho groatest trade In grain, cattle. hogs lumber,
and other commodities of tho whole country.
II 1t were not tho natural depot OF exchange 1t
would not have BEEN possible to aohioys tlis
distinction in tue short time within which 1t
has been accomplished. .... =.
a. It is the great railroad csntrs Of tho ooup.
try. AL roads load to Chicago. The coubinoa
facilities for qulpky and comfortably reaching
this city from all parts Of tho country ara bettar
than eau 10 found In the concentrated railroad aud
steamboat accommodations OF any other, AH
conventions Of eyory general character expect
| to gather their attendance from al directions,
| this Ia tho loading consideration. Another ad,
n4.un vhtr1, This vast raftrnai avntani nfFnrt3t
, 1873-10-22


notol tho Sherman. tho Tromont, and other
houses ercood In amplitude OF accommodations |
and elegance Of construction any four ho-
te}H' TINT oan bo found In my ono city |
IN Europe, or Arnoricn. All tho othot
hotels, including those kept on tho European
style and those which arc ranked in tho second
clasB on account Of tholr lowor prices, arc new,
comfortable, aud woll kept. Tho number Of
rooms furnished by tho prominent and reputable
hotels kept for tranBiont custom Is now e. 51o2 an
inoseaaed capacity Of 2, 1877 rooma over that be-
foro tho aro. 1t has boon estimated that 10000
strangcra can at any tfmo DO comfortably cared
for at tho various public houses Of Chicago
Those who havo boon accustomed to attend large
conventions need not bc told Of tho difficulty
ordinarily experienced In procuring comfortable
lodging and good board. Tho Chicago hotole
mover increase thcir ohargea on tho occasions OF
unuaual rush.
4. Chicago Affords bottor accommodations for
tho mecting Of large conventions than can ordl-
uarily ba obtained. III addition to tho two hand
aomo and spacious halls occupied to-day for
adapted to less numerous gatherings. ne have
large theatros that can DO used, and arc likely to
have, In the Exposition Building, hall ample
enough to accommodate rs large a body Of
people Us could hayo de1iborativo proceedings
besides gallery for spectators that will scat
several Thousand people. It Ia probable that
thia building will romain standing for somo
time, and, In that oaao, it will be for
rent when not in use for exposition purposes.
It wonld make ha1l tor large political and re-
gioua gatherings as II It we're expressly built for
tho purpose.
s. All prominent conventions attract 1argo
clasa Of people who make thom simply preto1ts
| for getting away from homo, and whoao main
purpose IL pesaonat amusement. In thia respect
Ohicago has variety OF public entertainments
to which those Of Now York and Boston alono
aEe comparable. 1t has beautiful parks and tho
most extensive systom Of drives IN the coun-
try. It has churchoa for tho devous, which
furnish them with attractions Of talent,
nusio, large congregations, aud elegant
surroundings that cannot fail to DO graf
flying to-, them. The1o nro works Of archi'
lecture, engineering, and manufacturing thai
respond to = variety Of tastes and must com
mand admiration from all Tho retail ntoreE
and naagazinoa arc rich enough to delight tht
hearts Of the ladies as long az they Gun remaiu
II people can't a1nuso themselves in Chicago
yisit, the fault rests with them. T..
With theao diRtine eulshed advantagos, who's
superiority has boon in no wise exaggerated, til
managers OF all kinds Of conventions and 1arg
gatherings Of people will consult tho interest o
thoae who compose these assemblies II the
shall uniformly select Chicago as the location
Chicago always has ut hand tho means for tahin
care OF them and entertaining them, in add
ton to the permanent inducomant that overy
body recognizes in the opportunity to sec Chi
; | ca3o itseH.
, 1873-10-22

The effects Of the late panic are beginning 10
manifest themselves iu Ohio. Tho Lake Shore
Railroad Company lave reduced the wages OF
tho employees at their shops IA per cont. N the
Mahoning Valley, tho iron mud coal operators arc
oayinr their mon with three and sir monthR'
ooror and unless eomo relief comea soon they
e,ill hayo to shut down altogether.
, 1873-10-22

physically unablo to make an a1srm that would
arouse tho lookup-koepor. In this loathaom,c n,
moro more Than ordinary 'sagao}ty, hsd him aot ireo:
Tho pz,sonor at onoe went to his home, on Wost
Matllnon stroot near I1alBteti, whore hc has boon
connnol evor aince. uia face and mock 10 much
atal he autfleiently aho to appoar on tho nroets.
Tho oauo should 10 Investigated and taken nr
by tho Board Of Police. Waters has loug been
known az capable officer, aud Ills action III this
caSe liz unacCOuutabto.
, 1873-10-22
LOCAL POLITICS.
The HcsinH-O'Hara-Storey Pnrty
Candidates.
L Specimen BANNER Nominated for Al.
derman in tho Twentieth Ward.

sTba vrnn,;oo ~ 1Yr atorousa nam. for TIM
s.s1, .o,..
Mayornlty has oauAcd considerable excftcmont.
On Thurat1avA convontion will bo hefd In Kings
h,,-.,. 1r...,s mn .s o....- -,
out ll"s!o n@l+s "nu "lte"oY Soo'o oeo1ot nuen
are inclined to pregs hia name even theu. But
afr. Htnrov r,tpht "a .vo1 mt that nntton mt of
~. L..a -, ~. ...:,,.. ~ H.. III,
LIZ neaa u1n1 sb laBt' no Pfealo1 tnAt no VIII
not got ton votos II ho has tho tomcrity TO 81
low bis name to DO used aud wo Furthermore
predict that In viii not permtt his name
j.. 49,, h.to.. H., ca,,,sS,.,a., =, .ht~
" - uoAo'o "s" Gun'"ue'on' ~, 80 sl,1 ,',
no 10 omlnently "iBo. Ihas convention VIII
in all probability indorse the CitzenR' Union
tlokot, which It's representatives helped to nom,-
nate. There NAV ho an ofrort rnode In tnrr ont
;. 1o,, -, ~. aao,,z. - 49,. ..a;.... -.
49, 1ios't pu' sao oen''a' ~
most OF LILO ooioeatoH olootod 1a believed to Do
against auy such course OF action. They think
It would DO decidedly foolish to nut ANYTHING
like third ticket In the field 81 It would tend to
divide the forces opposed to tho Hosing- o Hsra-
Btoroy combination. There arc some candidates
who expect to be put on the ticket, but thor
hopes are believed to bo Without foundation.
Nr. storoy'a atrangth Ia In tho Heaiug- O Hara-
Storey crowd. who will meet on Friday. That ho
viii bo tho candidate Tor Mayor may as woll bo
conceded. always provided, however. TINT 1t Is
not certain some othor man will beat him. In
that caBe to ppnre hiR feelinEb his name will bo
, 1873-10-22

9rnMH or aupscn1rr1oN frAYAnIE m ApVAhcmh. ~, IL,
Daily by mall. ....s 90 tO
Til. " ockly.,.,.... U.UVl Weokly .s'''' "
rasts OF yoar at tho same rate. 10. po,t
10 nrc,cnt dolay mud mistakes, 10 snte ana e'sF
peee address m tu,s. Including atato and coun: po,k
Rcsnittanccs ma, bo mado otthaF byafa'ls " vi.
TERMS 70 CITY BUnsrntNERa' ,,
p,,,r, c,iserod Sunday exception u sontr por % wnok
pal>l, oeli, oteat bundny included, ~ e%rs e1nt w
Address THE THlbUHN ...,.ro ill.,
Corner Madison aud Ucatboru-sta'' >a'S"He' "
, 1873-10-22
Tom,

ntao Treasury Department. has notified thoNew
vort f,ustom-House officials to release tho din
uonds, amounting In value to s2o*ooo. which
vsre seized from Mr.. Lancaster. Of this city, and
,-dora a technical forfeiture only OF the cut
eemg amounting to $500.
, 1873-10-22
ETnyeB.

Louis Riel, the sIsnitoban e1-1ebel, who was
-.,s,,tly elected to the Canadian Parliament, is
,;1.o,v u find his Parliamentary road d hard one
to travel. the Attorney General OF Canada haV-
tne alroady' caused warrant to bo Issued for his
arrest upon the charge Of murder, which Ia still
nona5ng ura;nst him In Manitoba.
, 1873-10-22

rha Cuuard gteamBhip Company have With
+ra,,o f1,ofr vessels from tho West India lne,.
md will shortly establish daily line pot"eoh
l,iye1pool and New York..
, 1873-10-22

rha Hon. Fred Heckor. tho German patriot
.rr;yed in Baltimore yesterday, aud, after TWO
~ t1,reo daya stay in that city, will return to he
home In this State.
, 1873-10-22

The Secretary Of War, In fow dnys, will
award the contract for headstones for tho graves
of Union so1dors. Tho number of graves is
shout 25o,ooo. and 1t is osti,nated that 1t will
take about 100000 Of tho s1,o0o,o0o appro-
priation nude by Congress- to suitably mark tho
, 1873-10-22

Tho 1atest returns from the Iowa election arc
contained in the table which we publish else-
rhcre. Tho canvass Of elghty-tun connties ahoWs
. majority OF s,27e. with sixteen counties to hear
, 1873-10-22

.oAnpsfY or streot hStwenn sHna MS
,.an md hionroo. EngaRenont al CAtot,h hao'etos'
Enw Wardajen,h A1tornoon hnd o7entna'
, 1873-10-22

f,,npE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS street, bptw3sn as% hlS
80. sn{ Wnahinrt0n. Euengcncnt of Lpniso H .ni
ts tenn,ne 49, u Fuur Christmas htGhta." A1'"'''o@ ~"
evening
, 1873-10-22
To.pAY'S AMUSEmt% u

Noy1uKER'B THEATR.hladis9n MIaat,o MrsS.;t G"sI,.
pea. Aft@fncon: "simpion Co." h'en'"a' NAV
, 1873-10-22

"Wednesday Morning, October ID, aof''
, 1873-10-22

New Yon2, Oct. 21.-Qoy. Dix appoints Nov.
a ~ day ot thanksgiving aud payer.
, 1873-10-22

-,,orrv,s TuEAT1,E-Nandntrh streot, bosToen Hfea
n4onHn .S,lin Hearts" Mtofnoon anu eson'nH'
, 1873-10-22

nncluating valuos dependent upon An irredeen1-
ablo currcnoy should be terminated, and that
restoration Of apocte psymonta Is Indispensable
to any hcatthy and ouduring commercial prof.
pcrity
, 1873-10-22
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atjStNESS NOTlCeos

xAun,s ANATOMICAL bfusEuM-l<s South o'"''
IT. 6tlupec 8ad Art.
, 1873-10-22

INTERSTATE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ''''
Adnras Ut. Ut.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-02-25

J. +. McCwcen, who is agent fol
some Of the best insurance com
panies in the countrywide, life and
accident,-has an advertisement in
another column.
Last Saturday, Washington's
Birthday, the stars and stripes were
unfurled to the breeze from the
roof of Potter Bros block.
The dock that Alex. Morris is
building is at Nine Mile Point, in
stead of White Fish Bay, and Alex.
has named the place Cedar Harbor.
The churches in this city were all
well attended Sunday.
The cold weather for the past
few days has made business rather
dull about the new bridge.
Detroit and Chicago papers pre-
diet an early opening of navigation
this spring. May their predictions
fail not.
The thermometer indicated TWEEN
ty degrees below zero last Sunday
morning.
Eighteen or twenty couples en-
loved themselves to their hearts
content at party at the house of
VIM. Lomason, about four miles
in the country, last Friday night.
Local items are as scarce as mon
ey in the printers pocket.
V. c. Burnham has been appoint
cd and duly qualified Circuit Court
Commissioner for this county, and
has also been appointed Injunction
Master, by Judge Green.
While Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Maltz
were absent from home last Thurs
day evening, lamp in the house
came very near exploding, and the
girl rushed to the door and called
for help. Mr.. Holland, who was in
his cigar store, next door, put in an
appearance and carried the lamp to
the street, where it was eXtinguish-
ed.
See the election notice in another
column.
The Catholic school opened yes
terday morning.
The Alpena Literary Association
met at the County Clerks Office las,
evening. Meetings every Monday
evening at the same place.
w. McMaster has occupied his
new store in Potter Bros block.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-02-25

The iron and nail manufacturers
of Pittsburghand Wheeling have
agreed to adhere to the present
card rate for manufactured iron,
but ten to sixty penny nails are
reduced 80 cents per key. Three
pennies are advanced % cents per
keg.
On Wednesday David Randall,
an employee of the Falls Iron
Works at New Albany, Ind, was
drawn round shaft with such ter
rible velocity that his boots were
thrown off and his clothing almost
entirely stripped from his body.
AS soon as the engine could be
stopped he was released. The
flesh was torn from the bone on his
right arm and on his left leg below
the knee, and his face and head
badly bruised, The physician
thinks there is q chance of his re-
covery.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-02-25

OPENING OF NAvIGATIoN.-The
Detroit Tribune says that expert
enced mariners give it as their
opinion that all the signs of the
past two weeks indicate an unusu-
ally early opening of navigation.
Generally at this time of the year,
the middle of February, the ice in
the river and on Lake st. Clair is
in the full glory of its thickness
and solidity. Instead of this, how
ever, it is now comparatively thin,
and much "honey-comed," and is
essentially rotten. That in Lake
st. Clair, which has not yet COM
menced to break up, is stated to
be in the same condition, and with
the first favorable wind the greater
part of it will be broken up. 1t
will be remembered that two years
ago the ST. Clair Flats channal was
not open until the middle of April.
This year it will be open at least a
month earlier.-Bay city Journal.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-02-25

Judging from the reports abroad
people might be led to believe that
Alpena was a rival of Chicago il
population, and that about one.
fourth of the people had been af
flicted with smallpox during the
winter. One of our business mer
was informed, while on n trip down
the shore last week, that we had
had seventy-fivc thousand cases OF
the disease, and that all of the num-
had been laid away TO rest. How
sad it must be to have our popula-
ton decreased to the tune of sew
enty-five thousand in little county
of about six thousand souls.
But now for truth. There has
been, no doubt, in the neighbor-
hood of three hundred and fifty
cases of smallpox, including vario-
loid, in this county during the win
ter, and of this number there has
been just fifty fatal cases. The
pest has now, however, run its race
here. There has not been q new
case in three weeks, and two of the
hospitals have been broken up,
while in the other there is half q
dozen convalescent patients.
Where is there another city in
the Union that has been afflicted
with this scourge, and has overcome
the pest in so short time, and with
no more disastrous results consider
ing the number Of casesl