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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1874-06-03
Telcgraphic Feat.

The following tale is from the
Whitehall Times. Whitehall is u
town in Washington county, State
of New York :-"Our readers will
remember, when General Kilpat-
rick returned from Chill three years
since, his having a remarkable
operation performed upon him by
a physician in New York, who re-
moved a fleshy formation from the
Generals neck by filing it full of
needles and then attaching a gal
vanic battery to it. Ten minutes
after the current of electricity was
let on, the bunch had entirely dis
appeared. A remarkable Opera
ton was proformed by a Whithall
physician few days ago. A gen.
tleman who had been suffering from
a superabundance of adipose tissue
consulted the physician, asking for
relief from its burden. The
doctor told him he could relieve
him if he would consent to a pain
full operation. The gentleman con-
sented, and with the medical prac-
titioner entered the telegraph office
at this place. The fat man was
requested to remove his coat and
vest, after which the physician SUI
rounded him with wires, attaching
the ends to powerful battery.
At signal from the doctor, Mana
ger Eddy let on the current. The
patient writhed and twisted when
he felt the current passing around
him still he stood like a martyr.
Presently he began to shrink he
grew smaller and smaller; his
clothing hung in bags about his
fast diminishing form /; the doctor
felt much pleased at the result of
his experiment, while the formerly
fat mans joy was very great, al
though he seemed to be suffering
acute pain. All of sudden there
was heard loud clicking at the
instrument, as if Pandemonium's
great hall had been let loose. Tho
operator sprang quickly to the call.
He ascertained it was from the
New York office. He quickly ask
ed. What's up! An answer came
back as if some infuriated demon
was at the other end of the wires.
What in thunder are you about9
Cut off your wires quick-you are
filling the New York Office with
soap grease"
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1874-06-03
Times 20 by Turns.

IAN English Jesuit, Robert Southwell wrote the
following lines Of much merit, two centuries and
half ago. The philosophic strain OF the piece is
worthy of admiration.l
The Topped tree in time may grow again,
Most naked plants renew both fruit and flower;
The sorricst wight may find relief from pain,
The driest soil suck in some moistening shower.
Times go by turns, and chances change by course,
From foul TO fair, from better hap to worse.
The sea of fortune doth for ever flow,
She draws her favors to the lowest ebb;
Her tides have equal times to come and go,
Her loom doth weave the fine and coarsest web.
No JOY so great but runneth to an end
No hap so hard but may in time amend.
Not always fall of leaf, nor even sprifg;
No endless night, nor yet eternal day;
The saddest birds season find TO sing,
The toughest storm calm may soon allay.
Thus with succeeding turns God tempereth all,
That man may hope to rise, yet fear to fall.
A chance may win that by mischance was lost
That net that holds no great takes little fish
In some things all, in all things none crossed
Few all they need but none have all they wish.
Unmingled joys here TO no man befall
Who least, have some; who most, hath never all.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1874-06-03
The SignaI-Bex-COiicluded.

1.-THE following, which is the end
of the above entitled story, was by
accident left out of last weeks is
sue:]
escape, and of how / had saved
him, he vowed he would never for
get it. He kept his word. He
started John in business, lived with
us, and made his will in our favor.
Now express and mail trains no
longer give us sleepless nights,
though we never ourselves travel
by rail without thinking of that
fearful night in the signal-box.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1874-06-03
Curious TranspOsitiOns.

A writer in the Newell Reporter
has given the following literary
curiosity. There are twenty read
ings of the same line, without add
ing or exchanging a word, or
changing the ending, or injuring
the sense. The line is from Gray's
Elegy:
"The ploushman homcward plOds his weary
way"
Variations
The weary ploughman home
ward plods his way.
The weary plowman plods his
homeward way.
The homeward plowman plods
his weary way.
The weary, homeward plowman,
plods his way.
Homeward the weary plowman
plods his way.
Homeward, weary, the piowman
plods his way.
The homewar6 weary plow-
man, plods his way
The homeward plowman, weary,
plods his way.
Homeward the plowman plods
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1874-06-03

The Indians first called the site
on which New York was built
Manahachtanienks. The transla-
ton of it is "The place where they
all got drunk"
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1874-06-03
Written for the Argus.
House Cleaning.
BY CON G. QUENCE.

Well, thank goodness, house
cleaning is over with for this sea-
son at my house.
Any man with the least spark of
ambition about him, who does not
feel like leaving home on some pre-
tense of business for q few days
during house cleaning time, is too
good to live, and some one ought
TO consider himself o committee OF
six, appointed for the special pur-
pose of ending the poor creatures
existance.
| returned home to tea a few
days ago, taking friend with me,
and of course l bolted straight for
the parlor, and-well, any married
man who has withstood house clean
ing once or twice can easily imagine
what a state of things l found in
that room. There were carpets
torn up, chairs piled up in one cor
ner, a heap of straw on the floor,
and-well, that is enough. We left
the apartment, and entered the sit
ting-room, only to find matters, if
possible, in q much worse condi-
ton. l of course appologized to
my friend, and endeavored to make
him comfortable.
Just at this moment the door
opened, and my wife Arabella came
to greet my early return, but as
she discovered that l had an ac-
quaintance with me, she threw up
both hands, and with a piercing
shrek, quickly vanished. Think
ing that my dear wife was not well,
l followed her, only to reap the fol-
lowing reward:
"Now, Quence, what in the name
of creation did you go and make O
fool of yourself and another of me
for, by bringing any one home when
you knew l was cleaning house
Oh, you are u brute anyhow, and
have a mind to show you how easy
l can keep you at home for week
at least"
She had not finished speaking
when / found l had occasion to picl,
myself up from the floor. In the
use of the potato-masher on my de-
voted head, she was a success. In
that little "jar" which ensued, l hat
one eye BACKED and the skin
knocked off my nose, when I escap
cd to the stitting-room to find tha
my friend had left his card ant
sought other quarters.
For two weeks / remained a
home, helping straighten up thing
about the house and garden, and a
the end of that time my nose ant
eye were again ft to appear in pub
lie.
MORAL.
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Over $50, 900, 900 Capital
Represented.

FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Fire A ssoc;ation Of philadelphia. Pa, 2,5O0,O00
German American Ips. Co, New York, 100000
German Ins. Co., Erie, Pa, 6O0,OO0
Allemannia ms. Co. Pittsburph, Pa, 5O0,O00
Penn Ins Co. Philadelphia Ia, 100000
LIFE.
New England Mutual Ins. Co., Boston,
All Life Policies Non-Forfeitablc by -.
Mass. law, lO,00OOO0
ACCIDENT.
Travellers Ins. Co. of Hartford, issues
general accident policies against any
kind of accidents happening any where, e. 800 900
HALLWAY passengers Ins Co. issues ac-
cident tickets 5000 for 25c per day. 100000
y. r. 1Hc,S WEEN, -4g.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1874-06-03

Alta weekly meeting a straight-
faced and most exemplary deacon
submitted report in writing Of
the destitute widows who stood in
need of assistance from the congre-
CATION. care you sure, deacon"
asked another sober brother, "that
that you have embraced all the
widows I" He said he believed hs
had. .f .a.
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line.
Local Notices, ten cents per line each insertion.
and all notices continued for three months or
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Advertisements uneccompanied by written or
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Advertisements under contract, ordered out be-
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No paper discontinued until all arrearages are
paid, except at the option Of the publisher
Transient advertisements must be paid In ad-
vence.
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T.. III. DYER,
LAND HUNTER.

Pine lands examined and carefully estimated.
sale, from one to twenty-five miles from Alpena.
and payments from one TO five years time Pro-
du"c, tafibark, posts, etc. taken in payment Best
Of references given.
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MORAL.

Whatever you do, never take a
friend home to tea when your ami
able wife is cleaning house,-unless
you are the champion in domestic
Jars"
Wilmington journal., 1874-08-07
CUBA.
ACTIVE OPERATIONS OF THE
PATRIOTS.
A GENERAL UPRISING OF THE
NEGROES APPREHENDED.

New YORK, July 30-Noon.-The
Cubans here have received news by
way of Havana to the effect that the
Patriot troops have destroyed num-
ber OF plantations in Trinidad Valley,
and that the planters are abandoning
their property there for fear of being
captured and because the Spanish
government cannot give the necessar y
protection. The President of the Gu
ban Republic has ordered Captain
Carpio to destroy everything he can
lay hands on. Caabo, the negro Cap
tain, at the head of number of eman-
cipated negroes, is in the neighbor-
hood of CienfueGos wrecking planta-
tions and enlisting slaves and Coolies
into the Patriot ranks. 4 general up
rising of negroes under Caabo is daily
expected. The Cubans have captured
several military maps of the Trocha,
which show the position of forts, pit
falls, picket stations, &c.
HAVANA, August 1-Noon.-Fifty
merchants of this city have entered
into an agreement to charge l per
cent above the regular rates on all
shipments and consignments or dis
| bursements on behalf of vessels, and
on all freights obtained or invoices
, collected therefore, and one quarter of
one per cent on all bills of exchange
negotiated on commission, from and
after this date. The proceeds of such
extra charges are to be paid to the
Government as contribution towards
| its maintainance.
Wilmington journal., 1874-08-07
ELECTRICISMS,

The schooner Jno. Romer ran down
and sunk a sail boat off Long Island
Head, with three men, whose names
are unknown, all of whom were
drowned.
A negro was hanged at Shreveport,
La, yesterday by the people fer rape.
The victim was fourteen years old and
was the daughter of widow woman.
A dispatch from London says:
Special trains, with Pullman cars, will
carry the American base ball clubs.
John Williams, aged 70, lately con-
victed and sentenced to seven wears
imprisonment in the penitentiary, in
Pennsylvania, for felonious assault,
committed suicide yesterday by hang
ing himself to the cell grating.
1t is reported that serious accident
Susquehanna Railroad to Sharon. The
express messenger and several persons
were killed.
night, fortunately blew the grasshop-
pers out of the State of Nebraska, and
much Of the produce that had been
given up will be saved.
y band of Gypsies have been de-
tanned at Hamburg, Pa, with child
supposed to be Ross, and his father
and detectives are on the way on a
special train to identify him.
The child found in the possession of
the Gipsys, at Hamburg, is not
Ross. The relatives, who went up on
q special train, cannot identify him.
The bids for government gold, ut
New York yesterday, aggregate 81
600, 900, at 8. to 81 per cent.
Holmes & Lesburgen, extensive
New York coffee dealers, have failed.
Wilmington journal., 1874-08-07
MISSISSIPPI.

WASHINGTON, July 31-Noon-Des-
pite the action of the government in
refusing to send military forces to
Vicksburg, the executive power of the
State still persist in the statement that
the public peace is endangered.
Gov. Ames, who has been away
from his post, has returned and to-day
he telegraphed to the President reit-
Grating in more apprehensions as set
forth in telegraph and mail advices
previously forwarded by Lieutenant
Governor Davis. He makes no formal
demand for troops, but the tenor of
his dispatch is such as to intimats that
he desires Federal troops to be called
to Vicksburg on election day; in the
meantime, almost every mail brings
protests from respectable citizens of
Vicksburg denouncing the action OF
the Executive officials as unwarranted
and without cause, other than to in
timidate voters.
A dispatch received here today, was
forwarded TO President Grant, but up
to tho close of the Department yester-
day, no reply had been received.
Correspondence and dispatches on
the subject will be made public by
tho War Department after the Prcsi-
dent has rendered a final decision as
to what course he will pursue in the
matter. They are quite volurlinous.
Wilmington journal., 1874-08-07
KANSAS.
THE POMEROY CASE.

TOPEKA, July 3O-Noon.-In the
District Court Judge Morton over rul
ed motion to quash the indictment in
the Pomeroy case. Pomeroy's counsel
then moved for change OF venue,
offering in support of his motion an
affidavit by Hon. James Rogers, at
leging that at the time of the York ex-
posure Judge Morton said to him,
concerning Pomeroy, 1--WE have got
the God damned old scoundrel where
we want him, and hereafter poor men
would stand some chance to go to the
United States Senate" Judge Nor
ton granted the motion and said he
would send the case to Usage county.
In granting the motion the Judge took
occasion to deny the statement in
Rogers affidavit in plain and emphatic
terms. A motion to reduce Pomeroy's
bond from $4,000 to $4,000 was
denied.i
Wilmington journal., 1874-08-07
THE FIRE FlEND.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. ]. 1.-Noon-Whata ap-
pears to be quite large fire has been
raging in E. st. Louis since midnight.
but telegraphic communication cannot
be obtained with that city, and no def
mite information can be given at this
hour.
DETROIT, August 1-Noou-A fire
broke out in Muskegan at an earl :
hour this morning. and has destroyed
nearly half the city. The fire is in the
eastern portion of the city, and it is
believed that number of mills have
been destroyed. About ten squares
were burned.
DALHURsT, n. B.. August Moon
-Ritchie's steam mill at New Castle
was consumed by fire yesterday. A
young man named Halton, an employee
of the mill, perished in the flames.
Loss very heavy.
ST. THOMAS, Ont, August /
Noon-All the warehouses of the Lon
don and Port Stanley Railroad Com
pany, five in number, together with a
private dwelling, was destroyed by fire
last night.
MUsKEeAN, Mich, August Might
A fire originated in Hart's boot
and shoe store, corner of Western
avenue and Terrace streets thence.
The flames swept away everything up
to the Chicago and Michigan Lake
shore Railroad depot. Nearly two
hundred places of business and about
one hundred dwellings were destroyed.
No estimate of loss has yet been made.
The lnsurances are ecomparatiyeIyl light.
Wilmington journal., 1874-08-07
GOTHAM.
THE GREAT SCANDAL.

New York, August 1.-The Beecher
investigating committee sat until mid
night last night. Nothing is known OF
the proceedings, except of the proffer-
cd testimony of Victoria Woodruff,
who rode to the door in q carriage
which was rejected. 1t is supposed that
Mrs. Tilton was again examined, as at
the conclusion of the sitting a woman
closely yelled was escorted by mem
Der Of the committee to Mr.. Ovington' S
residence.
New YORK, August 1---Night-The
following is the bank statementfor the
past week: Loans decrease, q million;
specie decrease, L! million; legal ten
der increase, million, deposit de-
crease ! million, reserve increase, l !
million.
August Van Meta, the alleged for
ger Of the California bonds, who was
recently arrested at Trenton and trans
ferred to the Hudson county, in Jersey
City, to await the arrival of an officer
from California, took laudanum last
night and will probably die from the
effects,
Wilmington journal., 1874-08-07

At meeting of the New Hanover
delegation, held yesterday after their
return from Whiteville, the following
resolutions, offered by DIR. W. L. En-
nett, were unanimously adopted:
RCsolccd, That the thanks Of the
New Hanover delegation be rendered
to Hon. George Davis for his impor-
tant service rendered as Chairman Of
said Delegation, and for lis mastery
effort to the good people of Columbus
and Now Hanover at a barbecue given
by Columbus county, and to Maj. d.
j. Dcyane for the full and effective
speech delivered by him.
Ha$oiycd, That the citizens Of New
Hanover county owe a debt Of graft
tu,!e to Mr.. F. ". kerchner for his
earnest Iabors in making our trip to
Whiteville pleasant one and de-
ciGCu success.
Wilmington journal., 1874-08-07

To ALI, particularly iEvaiias, spring is try
ing season. Indications of sickness should Mt
once be attended to. Fatal diseases may be
caused by allowing he .,0wels to become con-
stipated, and the system 10 remain in a dieOr-
dered condition, until the disorder has time to
de velCP itself. An ounce of prevention is worth
a pound of cure, is an old and truthful saying
Therefore, VIC advise all who are troubled with
the complaints now very Observation-Disclosures,
Indigestion, disordered liver, want OF appetite,
nausea, or fe vcrsh nkin, to take, without delay,
Scheuck's Mandrake Pills. We know of
remedy Sc harmless and decisive In its action.
II at strikes at the root of the disease and
produces q healthy tone to the system. People
never need suffer from any disease arising from
a disordcre: condition of the liver il they would
take this excellent med cine when they feel tho
first Indication of the ma.ady. Families leav-
ing homo for the summer months shoaid take
three OF four boxes of these pills with them.
They have almost instantaneous effect.
They will relieve the patient Of headache
in one or two hours, ard will rapidly cleanse
the liver of surrounding bile, and will eMectu-
ally prevent a billions attack. They are sold by
al druggists. may 15-1m
Wilmington journal., 1874-08-07
tDIED p.

ct Red Cross, Tanahatchie River, Miss. on
the 22d July, at 80 minutespast tO'clockP NJ :,
in the 26th or 9th year oil his age. of general
congestion, Mr.. j JUDE NJ. LAMB, son of q.
W. and e. nj. Lamb, of Duplin county, N.<At
In Bladen county, on the 2ist instant. VIE
LIE KING, infant son Of w. j. and Eliza 4.
Maultsby, aged year, 8 months and dayA
Ere sin could blight or sorrow fadei sos
Death came with friendly cAre, EzaSa
The opening bud to Heaven conveyed.
And bade it blossom there.
At the residence of DR.. r W. Ward, In OnS-
low county, N. O., July 26th, Of typhoid fevef,
LAURA COX, daughter Il Ira And EhRbot6
Cox, aged 15 years, leaving . kind mothaE, ooa
sister and two little brothers.
She was admired for the attx A0tivene0 ~ Aor
person and for her Captivating mannnRaA aod
her name viii be ever green In the mem0gY p1
her school mates and acquafnf1nces. The 1Woee
bud of promise has been plucksAs ffom 0e
parent plant, but it has been planted In AgQe
genial cline, where tho worm Of caro- ehell
never blight, and 1t shall never withof, aid
now sweetly sleep till the resuyreo eotiOn mQpRs5
'Riessed are the dead whiehdie IN the 1ecd..
Wilmington journal., 1874-08-07
Our Senators sts Washington.

A Washington City correspondent
Of the Raleigh N'ctrs says:
Your senior Senator, General Ran
som, enjoys the regard and respect Of
every Senator and member, as well as
others. He has been an acting, rather
than talking, member, and no one
has more influence among his peers.
He recognizes the idea, previously adj
vanced, that speech is silver, but
silence is gold. He knows that the
fires OF the late civil war still exist,
though itmay be smouldering in ashes
For him to take prominent position
in leading and directing might mar
rather than make for good. His efforts
for our Western portion of the State to
save the Mint Mt Charlotte, the only
evidence, almost, that we are a part Of
the Federal family, and his herculean
lahors for the Cape Fear improvements
and other eXertlOna prove that he is
"the right man in the right place.
Your other Senator (Judcc McrrimOn)
has proved himself a fit rep1 escntative
of your pure and honest State. Fresh
from the people, Impractical in the
arts OF the demagogue, and cautious
and laborious in investigation, he has
taken a stand in the Senate worthy of
the successors of such men as Badger,
Bragg and Others
Wilmington journal., 1874-08-07
EUROPE.
GERMANY ACTIVELY OPPOSING
THE CARLISTS.
AMERICAN BASE BALLISTS AT
LIVERPOOL.
A VICTORY CLAIMED BY THE
CARLISTS.
THE SPANISH RECOGNITION
QUESTION.
NO. 80,

LoLDoN, July -Noon-The Wen.
na journals say that Austria has re-
celved a circular note from Germany
urging the great powers to combine to
prevent the continuance of the Carlist
atrocities in Spain and has given q fa-
vorabie reply. The Morning Post as
serts that Germany will propose, in
the Drussells, Congress the recognition
Of the present government of Spain.
PARIS, July 30-Noon.-I the AS.
sembly to-day the debate on motions
for dissolution, adjourned from Mon
day, was taken up. DePeire opposed
the dissolution of the Assembly. He
alleged that the motions were made in
revenge for votes by which the Re-
public and the Plebiscite were rejected.
Chaboud La Tour, Minister of the
Interior, also spoke against dissolu-
ton. He reminded the Assembly that.
by tie law of March, 1873, it was
pledged to vote constitutional laws
before it dissolved andi that when the
Presidents powers are organized the
Deputies could appeal to their constit-
uents without endangering the public
order.
Duval and others supported the mo-
tions, arguing the uneasiness caused
by the present unsettled condition of
affairs, and paralyzed trade and the only
remedy was TO appeal to the people.
The vote was taken and Mallevilles
motion for dissolution was defeated by
vote of 332 yeas to 374 nays. Asim-
liar motion offered by Duval was then
withdrawn.
The LIE Temps states that England,
Germany and Italy have agreed to es-
tablish a joint surveillance over the
Spanish frontiers.
LONDON, July 3d. Night-The
American base ball club now visiting
England, gave their first exhibition
match at Liverpool to-day. The
weather was fine and the attendance
large. The Athletic, Of Philadelphia,
beat the Red Stocking, of Boston, in
ten innings by score oft14 to IL. The
play was much admired and called
forth considerable applause from the
spectators.
There was large and brilliant at
tendance to-day at the Goodward
races, which were a great SUCCESS
Among the distinguished persons pres
ent were the Prince and Princess of
Wales and the Crown Prince of Ger
many and suit.
BAYoNNE, July 3O-Night- Car
lists claim great victory over the Re-
publicans between Castel Falliet and
Figueras, near the frontier. The losses
were heavy on both -sides. The Car
lists deny the truth of the reports
charging them with atrocities at
Cuenca and other places.
PARIS, August 1.-The Journal Des
Debates urges the French government
to recognize Spain, and says it had
better actnow than follow the initiative
of the Berlin government. The dan
ger is pointed out of allowing Ger
many to gain a footing in Spain.
Other journals advise q friendly atti-
tude towards Spain for similar rea-
sons.