Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1874-08-26
Our Reporter ON the Alert.

Quite number of lawyers nom below
in town attending court.
The hop at the Fletcher House Mon
day evening was quite well attended, and
all enjoyed themselves.
The schools In this city will commence
on Monday, September T.
The Right Rev. Samuel A. McCoskry
will ofliciate at the Episcopal Church in
this city this evening.
At the special election for an appro-
priation to construct Long Lake road,
last Monday, the township gave four ma
jority for the township loan, and three
majority for the county loan.
The committee Of investigation in the
Beecher+Tilton case have made their re-
port and Mr.. Beccher has been by them
acquitted. The affair now goes to the
courts.
Mayor Maltz is on a trip out of town
The lake was very rough last Friday.
Heavy fires were raging in the woods
along the shore between Tawas and Bay
City last week.
Oh, Saginaw; where art thou? Gold
smith Maid recently trotted a mile in
2:14 "a, at Rochester, n. Y.
The Common Council have ordered q
sidewalk on the northeast side of CHS
holm street, between Second and Fifth.
A porcupinc was killed on State street
yesterday morning.
The Common Council now have an
opportunity to save the city considerable
expense in the future, by extending the
box drain on Lewis street up to and
across Washington avenue. Should this
be done, 1t will not only save the city
the cost of opening this drain e lin next
year, but it will place the ditch in q
shape so that the owners of property Oh
the north side of Washington avenue
can make drain in front of their OWL
premises, which the most of them will
do at their own expense, and thus make
quite a saving to the city in that dircc
ton. There are probably few If any
drains in the city which will prove o.
more lasting benefit than this one, and
it is earnestly hoped that our city faith
ers will extend the box drain as her,
atcd.
Geo Nicholson, who has been on lit,
tie trip from town returned on Sunday.
We thought SO. Last week we men
tioued a young gcntlcman's departure fol
n short time from our city, and rathe
intimated our belief in his business bo
Ing something foreign to matters con
nected with the firm Of Aber & Richard
son. Now our mind is relieved of pain
full doubts. Last Sunday two othe
young men of Alpena started in the sam
direction, as they irrcvcrcntly eXprcsse,
it, "to assist at Rich's execution" Sucl
may be, and no doubt is the case, but n
| they are both en- route for Chicago, an,
aftcrward Iowa, we are inclined to thinl
that their friend Rich's difficulty" is no
the only cause of departure. In fac
Iowa in connection with one Of tn
young men looks very much like bisi
ness. Really, the "signs" for har
winter are increasing, and we would re
spcctmlly inform our patrons that
large amount of cord wood will be take
! NJ thiS nrian ON cuhsnrintinn
b. f. and T. NJ. Luce have been ha'
ing green corn from their own garde
for the past two weeks.
r. Atkinson recent y showed us son
cas- and timothy. raised in this city
which calnot. be easily bca EN- in tn
State.
The special election which was to b
holden in this city last Monday, for tn
purpose Of voting on the appropriate
for a road to Long Lake, proved tlzzl
The whole matter seems TO be a COZ
glomerated mess, and had the clectio
been held, it would have amounted (
nothing, except mourning an expense, a
it would have been illegal.
That new harness shop of Christia
Wcolk's, in Blackburn's building, is no,
open and ready for business.
Circuit Court opened OH Monday.
G.. G. Whitney having sold out hi
business in Chicago, has now purchase
a drug store in Bay City.
Rev. w. w. Rafter and S. A. L. Wa
ner are rejoicing over the presentation c
q daughter each.
z. VI. Knight, b. F. Luce, T. NJ. Luce
w. II. Potter and A. Pack have forme
a partnership for the manufacture
and sale of patent hitching post.
A fire in the woods on the south sid
of Washington avenue, last week Tues
day, caused no little excitement, and
was only by the greatest exertions o
, the part of our citizens that some of til
dwellings were saved from destruction.
A. b. Stocking and bride arrived i
town this morning
Mn. Enron In the last issue of your paper
noticed statement in regard to the feasibility {
constructing road to Long Lake ON the shortc'
route, viz: On the section line running due mort