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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1874-11-18

The last vote in each OF the
States in the Union on Governor or
Congressman shows an aggregate
Democratic majority on the popu-
lar vote Of over 100000. Quite a
change from 1872, when Grant had
759,lS7 majority. And this anti
Grant majority-for so it must be
considered-can be fully maintain
ed in 1876 by prudent policy on
the part of the opposition.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1874-11-18
ALPENA WEEKLY ARGUS.
Wednesday,, Nor. Is, 1874.

The managers of st. Johns Guild
say that at least 10000 men and
women are out of employment in
New York city, and that whole
families are without the necessaries
of life. Hundreds gather at the
doors daily clamoring for food, and
the treasury of the Guild, even to
its reserve fund, is exhausted.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1874-11-18

After the first of January the
postage on all publications sent by
mail must be prepaid at the post
Office in the city or village where
they are published. Papers sent
to offices in the county in which
they are published where letter.
carriers are employed must also
be prepaid. Stamps are in all
cases to be used. The new stamps
are now being printed by the Con-
tinential Bank Note Company. In
size they are one and quarter by
an inch. The vignette of each rep
resents n small statuesque. The
stamps of the denomination of two
cents to ten cents have the same
figure, border and color. Those of
the denomination from II to 96
cents have the same vignette and
tint. From 81 the denomina-
tons are 81, Sc, 50, SO, s24, s36,
s4S and 500, each having q differ
ent border, figure and color. The
value is printed in figures. under
meath the same in letters. On the
eft hand side appears the word
Newspapers" and on the right .
periodicals" On the bottom APP
pears the denomination in letters.
The center of the stamp is the ,
vignettc.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1874-11-18

gressmen, the party need have no
fear that the victory of 1874 will
be followed by reverse in 1876.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1874-11-18
j. Myers.

Tie popular Clothier and Dry Goods Mer-
chanl, Is ahead of all competitors, for the
reilstau thai his goods are better and cheaper
than at airy- other house on the Shore.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1874-11-18

Having put in large quantity Of the very
best make of Clothing, Hats, Caps, etc., 10
determined not TO be undersold.
, 1874-05-16

aver had done in hls life before) gave solemn
promise that he wouh1 at once proceed TO his
solicitor and make will entirely in favor Of
Harry and Matilda, As for tha christening
well, recent events had somewhat upaet him
80. il Uncle Job .........
WOULD NOT MIND rAx1xo HIS PLACE, He
should be obliged.
Matilda looked appealingly At Job. and hoped
her dear uncle lit u1a wonderful how suddenly
he had Eiaen in her estimxtion!) would pardon
the neglect with which she had hitherto treated
him. She wss about to make lengthy appeal,
but be stopped her xith kiss; and. giving HaE-
~ hearty shake Of the hand, inquired whether
the clergyman would nut be lmpatsntly awaiting
them.
Five minutes after the crestfa1len and repent
ant Brownlohn had departed. the rest OF the
party were on their way to the church. Taat
arrful Mrs. Highly took occasion, while proceed
ing thltber, to ash Uncle Job whether be wond
chose to forget that she had settled the matter =
week before But that uuanected creature shook
bis hesd and said he thought simple names were
the best; go, At tnc last moment, it was decided
to have the infant called Harry" and nothing
else.
At luncheon old Brownjohn WAS not missed,
for Uncle Job wza in such high spiElts, Was 10
rich in humorous Anecdote, and. finally, uttered
such pretty, modest speech, when be proposed
the health Of the infant, that the whole affair
passed of in the naost agreeable manner.
To Harry's delight, Job Smith is now oon-
stant visitor, and he alw1ys receives Eenlal
Welcome from Matilda The great Arissides does
not came very often, aud displays to them none
Of that boabast which wna IN former times his
| characteristic.-C Chambers Journal
, 1874-05-16

the King and Parliament Agitation *ffH: the
over throw Of tho Government, or it's e1pu1non
from the Capital is no logger 30 actively ana
aggressively carried on +; and it is observed that
large part OF the lower clergy seem to be quite
we'll disposed towards the existing political In
situations. Patriotism--love Of countrv-is not
an extinct sentiment in their Breasts Ihe
present Pope Is now very old man, having
several years Since passed the 60th milestone
OF life, and must, in tho nature Of things lay
down the tiara ere long and Join the saints
With his departure, the people OF Italy thlnk,
will pass away tho dark cloud which has hung
over their new Government. threatening to oe-
stroy it, and hls successor will
ACCEPT THE FACT ACCOMPLISHED.
and yield to the wishes Of the nation. It Is be-
ginning to be seen, by the more sensible of the
clergy and Conc.sye, that the freedom OF action
and independence OF the Popo do not require
that he shall be a temporal King, to rule polit-
caly over any portion Of the Italian people.
against their will and consent. There IL no
natural or necessary com ect1on between tue
exercise Of political and spiritual functions; and.
wherever they have been united, they have done
mischief, both to State and Church.
There is perfect liberty Of conscience guaran-
teed throughout the Peninsula by the Italian
Government, und the Protestant natives are no
longer prosecuted or molested. The English
have established Episcopal churches IN all the
larger cities. and in several there arc Presoy-
te1iau churches. There are also several churches
of the American Alliance, where c!crgy1nen OF
| iority OF American travellers attend the English
| Episcopal service. 1herc arc
BEvRN PROTESTANT CHURCHES N Ro1E,
| where services are conducted in the EoRlish
| lansua3e,-of course supported by English and
American residents aud visitors; one French
and one Italian Evangelical. and one German
! Lutheran church. There are great numbers OF
/ tue educated Italians who nre only nominal
! Catholics They rarely attend church, and
never the confessional; they are really Roya!lsts,
| or Deists, in belief; they laugh at some OF the
PRACTICES OF the Church, and deplore the gross
superstitions OF the lover classes. But their
| main wish is that the Church shau never again
| override the State.
| There ia IN ecclcsiastic party in Italy which
| adyocates q reformation Of the Church. The
programme Of this reform party may oe summed
IN Under four heads frat. the abolition Of the
| Pnpe's political sovereignty; second, the abro-
CATION OF the feuda oath taken by the bishops
to the Pope; third. the permission Of marriage u 9
to the priests fourth, the celebration 1 pub"
liz worship in the vernacular tongue. and not in
| Latin j. IL
, 1874-05-16

1000.
At Sidney: the Union Paaac 2atl:osd, 1900 cat
AZ junction Of ths Plattes, c,5co American cattle.
A Osauons Bluffs, on TIA Platte, J, 500 besTes aud
Se.. the aboEe herd, another Of 1000 head, and,
several miles below, another of 500 head
Neaf Fo.t y ncP@Ss5son; @ ,ooo; anu, below this tive
On the Lodge Pole, near Potter Station. $500.
On Grow creek, md in the vicinity, 6,ooo
The foilow1n: are the names OF Soma of tho
most prominent
CATTLE AND suEEr-owsEps
On the Plains, aud thei1 wealth in stock:
Meop Hutton, 600 head cattle, On Laramie
G Creighton Aisop Hutton s,coo head en- lasanais.
The .Au.e !aares 800, OIL Sand Crs+k-
Mantle Bah. 4oo csst!e, on Little Laramie.
j. ". 1nd, {, 600 catne. on Grow Creak.
Patterson Brothers. 8,G00. on B1jou.
John Hitson- 9oo, On the Pi4ttc.
Waisconb l. Co., ooo, on Box Elder.
Fiji Ed T,s; M5:h,1: 1oes % a '6s r1te e.,
Bailey. 400, on tho South Platte.
Gea.y, 800. on the Platte, Greeley.
Bsiley Co. {theep|, 2,oe0 On South Plas$at
1etcans, 100 cattIe 1t Greeley, Col.
Ashcroft 400. At Greeley, oa tbs Platte.
(. ylunson. ca,sle 400. sheep 3oOo, Greeley.
Il. Kelley. 500 cattle, on the C1ugwats-.
Ward Bullock 200, Fort L.u.ric.
Adolf ADO! Ganey. on tho M piAtte, near Fetesuaas*
Moore Brothers, Il, ,C00 sheep, Near Sidney.
Moore Brothers. !, AGO cattle, near Sidney.
Mark Boughton, a5oo ease, junction q .he P1attas.
Barton l. Keith. nc. ;or.h r:.s.r, Seb.
beEt Aro..ers, -'la:te. 1.1;p, rattle.
Csc : Carer, .,3n3 ilA. k:v!-.
Lane 4 King, ]. .yco sheep, Eo:t s.u.lers.
Fitzgerald l. Co., l,000 cxt1le. Caene Ia poudre.
Perry, Duncan i c.. 2eo0 cattle, Potter, Ny!,
These arc few Of the owpers I could hear
OF, and rough estimate OF their herds. do
not preteud to set down tho figures exactly, but
only an approximate Of tue cattle-wsalth Of The
, 1874-05-16
NAY.

The soul Of summer, that through April days
Lay scarce awxkened-like IN e2rth-bound gem
Fashioned to shine in some rare diAuem,
Yot which, for {urtherance Of creative ways,
Doth hide awhile the brightness Of its rayH-
Now bursts its bonds, and, ktooping to this he1us
OF Qentle sprnga sott draperies, ktssck them
To royal beauty
Not for lnrger pratso
DID Aphrodite, with her golden hair
And violet eyee, Of heavens reflected sheen,
Rise fresh and radiant from tbs tender green
OF crested waves-though marrclous!3 fslr-
rhnn With az cot smiles which au the MIR tuy
Flpn.s May upon the foam Of apple hioou-
-Noru B. Ood1e in tl4k Iniependknt.
, 1874-05-16
Floating Land.

A sinFul,r natu1zl cuItos;fJ e lounu =
ssdangA Pond, in Th!tinghAn'' ", eon7.s'o5
of 1so acres o1.red o. edo eh e!snberres. and s7en
s:tsiana :ns Hais 'n trees tssa fsst sxa Whsn :hs
.he Island nd az. xi:h it and md d;1 Saha: AZ:
caught boag .bs h'f s N 10 xiasr % ADa % ss
;.isn, =. nnca e1tssed ID small lnks naar Bangor:
i lie. :: sna thass ~ many such IN 6oui4sn
Tlntids~
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-06-11
Bureau of Commerce.

The bill reported by Mr.. Window from the
Senate transportation Committee, as sub
stitute for the bill recently introduced by him
to establish Bureau of Internal Commerce
provides that there shall be established in the
Treasury Department Bureau of Commerce.
in which shall be merged the existing Bureau
of Statistics. The new bureau is to be in
charge of the Commissioner of Commerce, ap-
pointed by the President and confirmed by
the Senate, and its duties will include the
collection of statistics and facts relating to
foreign and domestic commerce. the cost of
operation, management and charges of rail-
roads, and accounts and returns as TO tonnage,
registration, enrolment and licensing of yes
sells. The bill also requires all persons and
corporations engaged In Interstate transport
tation of freights and passengers, to make
sworn reports to the chief of the bureau, an
nually. in regard to the cost, amount of busi-
ness. rates of freight and passage. and gen
orally to furnish full details of the condition
and operations Of their respective lines.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-06-11
Running " AmOk."

A correspondent of the London Daily
NeUs writes from Batavia :
From Sourabaija we have just re-
ceived intelligence of one of the most
terrible instances of an "Amok" MUIR
der which has ever occurred in an In
dian Archipelago. The murderer was
an escaped convict, and the scene of the
wholesale slaughter committed by this
one man is Terna, small island not far
from Sourabaija. The fellow went on
the afternoon of Jan. 13 to the bazaar
in the chief town of the island, where
he bought some tobacco. He there
drew his knife and attacked every one
man, woman and child-within his
reach, wounding and killing nineteen
persons in less time than it takes to
mention it. He then made his escape
into the thick jungle which begins a.
the back of the town and runs up to the
densely wooded hills. OF these nine
some killed outright, others lingering
on for day or two. For ten days this
ruffian remained at large, to the great
fear of the town and neighborhood, few
daring to venture out after dusk, and
one and all stunning the 'passer' or
bazaar. During these ten days, regu-
lar, volunteer and native troops were all
called out, securing the woods and
jungles. He was finally captured, after
wounding three of his pursuers, who
were armed natives sent out by the
Sultan of Terna. So irate were his
captors that, after chopping off his
head, they literally cut his body into
mincemeat.
"The Malays are strange mixture
of child and tiger-harmless in a gen.
eral way and given to childlike
pleasures; but, their passions once
aroused, they become very fends in
their thirst for blood. Jealousy is the
most frequent cause by far OF their
'Amoks.' A gang of one hundred to
two hundred convicts may often be met
with on the public roads here, unat-
tended by any but few unarmed ma
tive guards or jailers; the convicts
themselves frequently carrying axes,
heavy wood-knives, etc. Though
twenty to thirty per cent. of these are
probably murderers "a percentage
nearly doubled in Sumatra-yet as they
march along they laugh and talk like
parcel of schoolboys; and should one of
them be the happy possessor of rag
ged handkerchief tied flag fashion to
the end of a pole, he is admired and
envied by all of them. 1t is rarely that
drink or opium-both forbidden in
dulgences by their religion-helps to
aid their murderous frenzy"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-06-11
has been formally received at the Court of

has been formally received at the Court of
Madrid.
LONDON enjoyed a novel sensation, the
other day, in the attempted assassination of
the Prince of Saxe-Weimar. A pistol-shot
was fired at him, but he fortunately escaped
unhurt He and Mr.. Dsrael, it is alleged,
have received threatening letters recently.
Seventy-four lives were lost by the wrecking
of the ship British Admiral on the Australian
coast, while en- route from Liverpool to Mel
bourne.
AN exciting scene occurred in the French
Assembly the other day. The Electoral law
was under discussion. Republican member
in the heat of his argument forgot himself
for one moment and tainted the Bonapartists
with being of that party which led to Sedan.
Instantly terrible uproar arose, which came
near ending in blows. 1t is stated that Mar
shall Serrano has determined to call a general
election throughout Spain to decide between .
monarchy and republic.
A TERRIBLE crime was lately committed in
the commune of Roscians, Italy. A man
named Margoni Sabatino, aged AZ, dealer in
cheese, armed with gun and knife, pene-
trated into the dwelling of his father. With
great ferocity he killed him and his own
mother, both 20 years old, and his brother,
uuepched, he murdered his sister-in-law, aged
As, by stabbing her with the knife. Sabatino
then retired to his room, reloaded his gun,
and discharged the contents into his own
heart. Berlin papers give sen,i-ofiicial de-
NAL to the reports that the candidature of the
Hohenzollern Prince for the crown of Spain
is to be revived.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-06-11
COPYRIGHTS.

The bill passed by the United States Senate
to amend the laws relating to patents, trade
marks and copyrights, provides that no per-
son shall maintain an action for infringement
of his copyright unless every book or article
copyrighted shall bear a notification of the
copyright. together with the year of entry and
name of party who took out the copyright
The bill also provides that no eDgravings,
cuts or prints shall be copyrighted unless they
are practical illustrations or works connected
with fine arts, but that prints or labels de-
signed to be used for any other article of
manufacture may be registered in the Patent
Office oc payment of fee of 80, which shall
cover the expense of furnishing copy of the
records. The Librarian of Congress is to
charge 81 for recording and certifying any
assignment, or for any copy of assignment.
The bill, if it becomes law, is to take effect
on the first of August next.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-06-11
The New York Iedger,s History.

Many of the greatest successes
achieved In life are accidental in their
origin. Robert Bonners was of this
sort. The Ledger was begun by bro
ken merchant who had hoped to get a
livelihood by making the paper com
mercially interesting to people out of
town.
Bonner then owned a small printing
Office, receiving so much week for do
ing the composition of the Ledger.
The ex-merchant, having invented a
printing press, from which he had great
expectations, determined to sell his
journal in order to devote his entire
time to his invention. Bonner, fearing
he would lose his job if the weekly
changed hands, decided 1851) as a
stroke of business to purchase it him
self. After he had done so, he imag-
ined himself possessed of an elephant.
By way of change, he slowly dropped
the commercial features of the sheet.
and substituted miscellany therefor.
The circulation increased little, when
somewhat encouraged thereby, he en-
gagged Mrs. SigourRey to write for the
Ledger, and she continued to the end
OF ner DAYS.
Two years later $3.50 he made an
arrangement with Fanny Fern, then
very popular, and went so far as to give
her 500 column for an original story
About the same time he began to adj
vertise very extensively, and he coon
saw that the foundation of his fortune
was made. Edward Everett was paid
$4,000 for his Mount Vernon papers.
and all the notable journalists and
authors he could secure were munifi-
Gently remunerated. He gave Beecher
S25, 600 for Norwood" and a like sum
to Greeley for his "Recollections of a
Busy Life
No man has ever advertised so reck-
lessly as Bonner has, and no man has
ever profited SO largely by advertising.
He once paid the Herald S25, 600 for
single advertisement he has paid $780,
600 in week. and $500, 900 in a year
which is all the more remarkable, from
the fact that the Ledger has not, never
has had, and probably never will have,
a single line of advertising of any kind.
-NeU York Letter.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-06-11
Tale of q Cat.

The following cat story is told by
correspondent of Land and Water =
=" I was calling at the house of friend
at Bredwardine, in Herefordshire,
where I witnessed the most singular
behavior of favorite cat. 1 must first
mention that my friend told me that
they had wondered very much, after
their o'clock tea, that the cream left
in small glass jug disappeared, with
out their being able to find out how.
They suspected the cat, but did not
know how she could do it, as the mouth
of the jug was too small for her to lap
it, and there were no marks of split
cream on the tray. They determined
to watch, and one day they discovered
the clever manner In which the robbery
was accomplished. My friend said she
would allow me to see the perform
ance, though it was not good plan
to encourage the cats theft. She
placed handkerchief on the rug, and
put the cream jug on it, and called the
cat to the spot, who sat down very
leisurely by the side of the jug and
commenced her operations in the most
graceful manner imaginable, dipping.
her paw into the narrow mouth of the
cream Jug and licking the cream off.
She went on dipping her paw in this
manner until the jug was emptied, when
she set to work to clean her paw and
face thoroughly, and was evidently con-
versant with her genteel method of
drinking cream"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-06-11
Billings Proverbs.

Epitaffs are too often like the bills
ov cirkus co,npany-there liz heap
more in the bills than in the perform
ance.
Debt IL az eazy to fall into az a
well, and often liz az hard to git out ov.
Thare may be sum plum in lieing,
but thare liz no profit in it. Lies allwus
cum home to rOost, and kant be driven
away.
Vice IL SO attraktiv that I find, bi akt-
ual fggers, it takes the example ov
three good men In emmy community
to oyerkum the influence ov one bad
one.
A CRATE man liz CRATE example, and
he should be guarded well in all he SEE
or duz for even if he toes in when he
walks, thare IL lots ov people will want
to toe in too.
Thousands hav spent their lives in
search of affiuence and fame, and found
refuge at last in an almshouse.
A fanatick liz the wust man we hav to
contend with, reazon haz no power
over him, and it IL aginst the law to klub
him.
1t liz quite common to fnd all thru M
England people who hav lived to be
ninety, but the last ten years ov their
lives seems to hav been wholey spent in
missing the rumatizz.
Beware ov the fatterer, he IL either a
phool or a raskal, and the one
needs watching just az mulch az the
other.
If yu are going to give a man emmy
L L.
quick, don't make him git down on hiz
kneeze in front ov yu and listen to
moral sermon an hour and half long,
and then Civ him 10 cents.
/ often see men who are possessed ov
all the virtews, but who are naturally
sour and morose theze / call human
hedgehogs, with their pickers all turned
outside in.
Good breeding seems to be a kind oy
art which enables men to at all times to
maintain their self-respekt, and at the
same time secure the respekt ov 9TH
erS.
Thare IL one rule to which 70 excep-
shun kan be named, and that liz the
golden-rule."
Christians seem to fife under cover,
but the devil stands boldly out and
dares the world to single kombat.
Habits are what govern uz, and good
ones are just az cheap, and plenty in
market, az bad ones.
Thare never haz lived perfektly
happy man yet, for thare never -haz lived
one who didn't want sumthipg he
hadn't got. A happy home IL foretaste
of heaven.
He who expekts to be praized every
time he duz virtewous thing will soon
git tired ov dizziness and want hiz wages
raized.
We all kno that hope liz a deceitfull
jade, yet We all trust her more than We
do our reason or judgment.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-06-11
Charity VS.. Poverty.

From the fact that it has been
preached as a religious duty, people
have sometimes looked upon it rather
as training ground for their own ben
eft than in its effects on others. Many
people look on the poorer classes as
allowed by wise discretion of Provi-
dence to exist in order that the rich
may have a means of saving their own
souls. Poverty is not looked upon as
an evil remediable by the better organi-
cation of social relations and by the re-
formation of individual character, but
as a necessary evil, designed as afore-
said to benefit the leisurely by giving
them cases by which they may perfect
themselves in spiritual medicine. 1t is
in the attempt to practice on the poor,
to try and do ourselves good by being
kind to them, that so much mischief
has arisen. It is this which has made
some kindness SO distasteful to the
poor that one woman said, when she
heard that her visitor was i'll Poor
lady, am sorry for her bat there's
one comfort-she's a lady /; che won't
have to be read to and prayed over"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-06-11

The courtesies which are extended to
members of the press in life, by grant
ing them special places in assemblages
and during the occurrence of public
events, it seems are not to be denied
them even in death. The Trustees of a
New York cemetery, Cypress Hill, have
appropriated plat, with room for $50
graves, for the interment of members
of the New York press-complimentary.
1t is well enough to state that, with
their usual promptness in such cases,
the gift has been acknowledged by the
journalists of the city. 1t is by no
have been taken in By a cemetery.