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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-02-10

There is chance for Gen. Sher-
idan in Pennsylvania, if he can be
spared from Louisiana for a short
time. The following, under date
of the ID, shows the pressing need
of the General, or some one else:
A dispatch from Harrisburg says
a disgraccful scene occurred in the
Pennsylvania House of Represen-
tatives last night, growing out Of
motion to refer the petition of
citizens of Lancaster City contest
ing the seat of ID. p. Rosenmiller,
Republican, as member of the
Legislature, to the Committee on
Judiciary, issue being joined on
parliamentary points. Mr.. Wolf,
Republican, came into conflict with
the Speaker, who finally ordered
Wolf under arrest, when the Re-
publican members rushed 10 the
defense of their colleague and
wrestled him from the hands of the
Sergeant-at-Arms. In the midst
of the commotion the Speaker
adjourned the House. During the
melee pistols were drawn.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-02-10

A little incident occurred before
the Congressional Investigating
Committee in Louisiana is worth
repeating. A witness on the stand
who was endeavoring to satisfy
the committee that intimidation
existed; when he was completely
disconnected and Disguised by the
following question
Mr.. Hoar-You state that the
colored vote in 1872 was smaller
than in 1874, and yet there was in
timidation in 1874 and none in
1872. How do you account for
this.
Mr.. Pierson-I decline to answer
that question.
Just so. When it was shown
that the Republican vote in 1874
was larger than the vote "they
in 1872, with the thou
sands of forged affidavit voters
added, and the apologists of trea-
son are asked how to explain the
TACT consistently with the alleged
intimidation, they all decline to
answer the question.-TriJome.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-02-10

The Tilton-Beecher trial has de-
veloped a purpose at last. 1t has
that very element of uncertainty
which furnishes an opportunity for
the gamblers, and they are gladly
availing themselves of it. Pool
selling, after the manner in vogue
in connection with horse-races, has
already begun and bids faid to be
kept up with enthusiastic interest
until the close of the trial
The disagreement of the jury"
is the favorite thus far, but a
small sum has been risked upon
the securing of a verdict by Beech
err, and a similar sum has been
staked upon Tilton's success. 1t is
to be hoped that the jurywill not
enter the lists.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-02-10

1t is said that the petitions
against the proposed state board
of medicine quite equal in number
and weight those favoring the pro-
ject. A correspondent from Laings-
burg upholds the policy of the bill,
as tending to protect the people
against medical ignoramuses. The
people, however have made no par
ticular complaint on the subject,
and we think may safely be allowed
the privilege of determining the
matter for themselves. AS for the
doctors, only ignoramuses need fear
the competition of ignoramuses.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-02-10

to the Intcr-Ocean specials, is deal
ing personally with Senator Came
ron, chairman of the committee.
After a long confab with that gen.
tleman, Senator Edmunds and
Governor Morton were sent for,
and put through a squeeze. Sec
rotary Fish also visited the Senate
and House in his endeavors to in
fluence the action of those bodies.
Both are anxious to accomplish the
ratification of the treaty and no
stone will be left unturned to Sc
cure that end. 1t evidently be-
comes all opponents of the treaty
to maintain their earnest endeavors
for its defeat.-Ti6We.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-02-10

Late advices from Fort Still, In
dian Territory, are that a band of
Cheyenne Indians recently attack
ed Mexican supply train on the
border of New Mexico, killed the
train men, numbering ten or fif-
teen, and got away with the train,
from which it is supposed they got
arms and supplies for protracted
raid. Other bands have been steal
ing horses from Texas, and it is be-
lieved they succeeded in crossing
Red river with 800 or 400 animals.
Still another band under Howling
Wolf, Yellow Horse and Maumies
were at last accounts moving to-
ward the head of the river. Gen.
eral Miles has left the Cheyenne
agency in pursuit of them.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-02-10

The much heralded compulsory
lucation law has proved a fat
failure, and the pedagogues who
were foremost in demanding it are
coming to the conclusion that their
zeal was not exactly according to
knowledge. The State Superin-
tendant, Mr.. d. 3. Briggs, writes
that he has not heard Of a single
case of its enforcement in any To-
cality. Mr.. ii. A. Ford, of Mics,
recently read a paper before the
Indiana state teachers association,
which is reprinted in the FEBRUARY
Michigan Teacher, which not only
comedies that the law is the dead
est of dead letters, but shows very
conclusively why it should be so.
Prof. Ford lays down the doctrine
that ain this life of ours the state
must draw and not drive must
allure rather then compel" There
can be no question, we apprehend,
as to the soundness Of these con-
clusions regarding the law in ques-
ton, for they are verified by every
day and universal observation and
the repeal of the statute under dis
cussion would therefore seem to
be demanded by obvious reasons
of utility and propriety.-E.c.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-02-10

California revels in the mammoth.
Not content with raising the big
gest beets, the most stupendous
squashes and tremendous trees, she
insists upon having the greatest
of gamblers, the wealthcst mine
owners, and in short, the hugest
and most immence of everything.
Her latest boast is a farmer who
manages $4,000 acres of land,
raises 100000 bushels of wheat per
season and markets 100000 worth
of stock every year. The farmer
is a physician by profession, but
has never engaged in practice
His admiring countrymen say that
he can mend an oxbow with his
jack-knife, draw his check for
100000 every day in the week
and play more "nervy" game of
draw poker than Gen. Schenk.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-02-10

Somebody who wants to hurry
up the Brooklyn scandal trial has
started a report that the Woodruff
is on her way East prepared to
testify or lend any other assistance
in her power. 1t is really unkind
to make such attempts to brighten
the court into a premature disposal
Of the case, just as it has fairly
begun to get at the merits. The
trial hasn't been in progress only
five weeks yet.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-02-10

Whatever foundation there may
be for the report in a Madrid pa
per that an understanding has
been arrived at between Minister
Gushing and the Spanish Minister
of Foreign Affairs with regard to
the Virginius indemnity, it is GER
tain that an understanding ought
to be reached. The fact that the
question between the United States
and Spain has remained unsettled so
long has excited the suspicion that
it has been purposely kept open by
the administration. Great Britain,
which was only indirectly interest
ed in the Virginius affair, has al
ready obtained complete satisfac-
ton for the wrong done British
subjects, and had neither to swag-
ger nor buster to secure it. The
United States ought to have squar-
ed matters with Spain long ago.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-02-10

The Hillsdale Democrat says
eve notice that our Henry at
Washington did not cry when the
news came that Zach. was laid out.
The Standard will begin to think
that, like his brother, he has got it
too, and joined the Cook ring"
Says the Grand Haven News /:
The Detroit Post, Grand Rapids
Eagle ana Ailegan Journal claim
that the election Of Judge Christ
tiancy is Democratic victory. 1t
is o fact the Democrats had hand
in at the funeral, furnished sixty
one out of sixty-seven votes, and
in the language Of old Zach 1--WE
did it," but we do not claim it as
Democratic victory, only VIC
tory Of the people over Radicalism
and in favor Of a unity Of States
and against the rule of a tyrant
and carpet-baggers.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-02-10

Shore g. Michigan Southern, Mich
ign Central and Pittsburg ~ Fort
Wayne railroads have got down
from three to eight cents, and that
of the Toledo, Wabash d Western
has fallen within the past few
months from about 20 cents to 30.
This rather beats tho granger bus
mess, and is perhaps a sufficient
answer to the current snecr last
winter that the farmers had better
stick to their turnips and let the
railroads alone. The pot will
henceforth modestly think twice
before calling the kettle black.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-02-10

What did Ben. Butler mean In
the house, asking that body to so
amend the rules that a bill could be
passed "by which the President
can be armed with power to pre-
serve the peace Of the country 30
long as he remains In the chair r"
What monstrous measures has this
Mephistopheles in bis mischieveous
brain : How much more law does
Grant want to preserve the peace
Of tho countryi Indeed, why talk
OF law at all when laws are derided,
not obeyed i-Ne,os.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-02-10

If the friends of woman suffrage
in Massachusetts, consider the re-
suit of the vote in Michigan last
fall ga pledge of ultimate triumph"
what will they say to the action of
the Constitutional Commission in
Main, which has just decided by a
vote of six to two against submit
ting the question to the people !
Is it an assurance Of immediate
success
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-02-10

Plat, Jr., the great American
frunker, seems like the other proph-
cts, to be short of honor in his
country. The City Council of
Petersburg, Virginia, has just pass
ed a resolution thanking Captain
Chamberlayne, Of the Norfolk Vir-
ginian, for recovering $4,000 be-
longing to the Lower Arpomatox
Company fraudulently detained by
James ii. Plat, Jr., member Of
Congress-"
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-02-10

Prosperity has its drawbacks.
The necklace and earrings sent by
the Khedive to Mrs. Fitch, Gene
raj Sherman's daughter, are de-
tanned in the New York custom
house until the enormous duty
shall be paid or until Congress
shall pass an act admitting the
jewels duty free. Just at present
Congress dosen't seem likely to
pass such an actor any other.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-02-10
The Snow Plains Of Asia.

The following description of the
snow plains of Central Asia is taken
from campaigning on the Oxus :"
"The days pass-some in wild,
fierce storms of snow and sleet,
that howl around us as though all
the demons of the steppes were up
in arms, some in bright sunshine,
whose intolerable glare clings and
blisters our faces. From time to
time we drive down into darksome
underground holes, hot and reek-
ing, hover around the streaming
samovar, pouring down oceans of
boiling tea; then out on the silent
steppe again to contiue the weary
struggle. There are nights when
we awake from a half-frozen sleep,
and we are in the heart Of the
mysterious regions of Asia, and
see nothing but the wide snowy
ateppe, silent and ghostly in the
spectral moonlight. For miles and
miles there is no human habitation,
but the bury-like stations some
where far ahead, buried under the
snow, as though crushed into fiat
ness by the grim uniformity above.
There is something strangely OPP
pressive and awful in the change
less monotony of these wide, snowy,
plains, level as a floor, where for
days and weeks you see nothing
but snow and sky, where you are
the moving-center of a horizon
bound plain, that seems to
move with you, and hang upon
you, and weigh you down like
monstrous milestone. There is the
breadth and loneliness of the ocean
without its movement, the cold and
icy silence of the Arctic region
without the glory of the Arctic
nights or the grandeur of the Arc
tic mountains-the silent desola-
ton of an unpeoplea world. Those
broad, level, snow-plains over which
the icy winds from Northern Sibe-
ria come rushing down in furious
blasts, with an uninterrupted sweep
of thousand miles, and drive the
snow about in whirlwinds that 90
scudding over the plain like giant
spectres; the short days of sun
shine, when the glare of the snow
dazzles and burns, the long, cold
nights, passed in half-frozen, half
somnolent state, with the tired
beast trudging YEARLY forward
l SILVER now at the bare remem-
brauce of il ALL"
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-02-10

M 0RTGAGE SALE Default having been made
lvi in the terms and conditions Of a certain in
denture OF mortgage, made and executed ON the
Slstl thirty-first day of December, A. d. 1879. by
Thomas IIooley and Ellen Hooley, his wife, Of tho
city OF Alpena, county Of Alpena, Michigan OF the
first part, to Henry bolton and Donald McRae. of
the same place, Of the second part, and recorded
In the Office OF the Register of Deeds for said AL
pena county, in Liber &C" of Mortgages on mage
sls on the said thirty first day of December, A. b.
1873, at O'Clock Ia the afternoon OF said day by
which the power of sale In said mortgage contain
ed hns become operative.
And II being claimed that there Is due and nm
paid nc the date hereof upon said mortgage the
sum Of one hundred and seventy dollars and fifty
cents, together with an attorneys fee Of fifty dol
lars, provided for therein; and suit or proceed
ing mt law or in equity having been instituted 20
recover the amount secured by said mortgage, or
any part thereof Notice il hereby given, that BY
virtue Of the power Of sale in said mortgage con-
tained, we will, on the 22d day Of April, A. ID.
1873, at ten O'Clock in the forenoon Of said day,
forcclose said mortgage by sale az public auction
10 the highest bidder NJ the front door Of the en-
trance TO the Circuit Court room, In Potter Broth
ers' brick block on Second street, in the city OF
Alpcna, 10 said county OF Alpena, that being the
place for holding the Circuit Court fan the county
In which said mortgaged premises situated Of
the sai,, rnortgaged premises, much thereof as
maybe nee ssary 20 satisfy the said sum of hun
dred and seventy dollars and fifty cents, together
with said attorney fee and interest, and al costs
and charges allowed by law. Said mortgaeed
premises are situated In the city Of Alpcna, ooun
w of Aipenn, Michigan, and are deecfibcd in said
~ lot number three l3l in block number
forty-eigbt 49, ~ per recorded plat Of the village
Of Alpcna, now city Of AlPsna;
DONALD MeRAE,
n. y. Ksrarr, Attorney Tor Mortgages.
Airena, Jan. :, 1873. i1swb
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-02-10

litical fight in this country was
ever conducted in clearer sunlight,
and Mr.. Carpenters dissection was
the most thorough and instructive
known to modern practitioners. 1t
is believed that Mr.. Cameron will
make a good senator.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-02-10

Evidence accumulates that the
"missing book" business is hum
bug. Responsible publishers in
various parts of the country are
proclaiming their readiness to fill
orders for copies of either Of
the indecorous volumns thus far
brought to light by the sensational
advertisements, at a maximum
price of ten dollars q copy.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-02-10

The opinion is expressed in Chi
cago railway circles that IL the
present fight among the various
railroads leading to the east should
continue for any length Of time, n
majority Of the roads will be COM
PEELED to go into the hands OF re-
ceivers. Since the commencement
of the fight railroad stocks have
largely deprecated. and the credit
of the roads has been severely
shaken. The stock Of the Lake
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-02-10

There is another "safe burglary
case" in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
The safe which was broken into
was in the Controllers Office, and
the Common Council is investigat-
ing a charge made by one of its
members that several citizens have
tempered with the books and
records in the safe.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-02-10

The Car of Russia has recog-
nized Alfonso, and it is understood
that Grant is only waiting the re-
suit of the Louisiana investigation
before doing the same thing. He
undertook to "recognize" Kellogg,
and until he finds out what his
recognition is worth he dosen't
care to make any further invest
ments in the recognition business.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-02-10

1t is very affecting to read the
Boston papers accounts of the rap
idity with which diptheria is spread
ing in New York. The New York
journals, out of consideration for
their readers, no doubt, report the
disease under control, and on the
decline in fact, but the Boston
journalists are bound to tell the
truth, sad as it is.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-02-10
AlPENA WEEK. Y ARGUS.
Wednesday, FEB. 10, 1875.

Senator Buckingham, of Connec-
ticut, died ut Norwich, Thursday.
This will give the Democrats an
other senator. The Republicans say
this is their "oF year. Such seems
to be the case.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-02-10

Says the genial Fred. Lewis, of
the Saginawian who has sheen
there" and knows: "Salt River
was becoming decidedly cheerful to
most of us, and now comes in Zach.
Chandler, Parson Brownlow and
others of that sort, and there's no
peace any more up this creek"
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-02-10

Notwithstanding the adverse re-
port Of the Senate Committee on
Foreign Relations. President Grant
insists upon the ratification Of the
Reciprocity treaty, and according
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-02-10

II Angus Cameron, the new scna-
tor from Wisconsin, who beat Car
pentor, dosen't toe the mark, it will
not be for lack Of kuowledge con-
ccrning his constituents. No no
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-02-10
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n. y. KsrarY, Attorney Tor Mortgages.
Aipena, Jan :, 1873. i'swb
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Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-10-21
A Velocrpede ON Water.

A Philadclphian has invented, pat
ented, and built a velocipede to trav
ell on the water. The invention was
given a trial on the Delaware, and not
withstanding it was the first time il
had ever been put into use, it is said
to have been q perfect success. The
machine represented somewhat an or
dinary velocipede resting on three
hollow cigar-shaped metallic tubes.
These tubes are perfectly air-tight
and are the floats upon which the con-
trivance rests. In the center, reach
ing down into the water, is paddle
wheel, which is propelled by the feet,
in the same manner as that of an or
dinary velocipede on land. 1t was
demonstrated, it is said,, that with
this machine an expert velocipedist
can make better time than the fastest
oarsman that ever pulled boat, and
il the experiment is to be taken as
specimen of what can be done, imi-
tate the dolphin and play around the
bows of the fastest steamer.