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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-01-16

Governor McCreary, Of Ken
lucky, who is one of the candidates
supported for the United States
Senatorship, is a nephew Of Thorn
as c. McCreery, the Senator whose
term will expire. The names are
spelled differently, hut this some
times happens in the case of nearer
relatives than uncle and nephew.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-01-16

pany. In her l0lst year she went
into the field and bound a shock of
wheat, and in her l03rd year she
spun flax. The date of her arri-
val in Michigan is unknown. She
resided in East Saginaw previous
10 going TO Lansing.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-01-16

The New Hampshire Repuhli-
cans are impressed with the purity
of Republican administration.
They perhaps wish to covertly at
tack Schurz for his exposure of the
Indian Bureau corruption and in
efficiency, which, as presented by
the investigating commission, are
not much like purity.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-01-16

A review by Collector Arthur, Of
New York, of the reports of the
Jay Commission, has been made
public. 1t was written Nov. 23d.
The Collector shows that his side
of the story is altogether different
from that told by the Commission.
Nobody expected that Arthur
would agree with his investigators.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-01-16

The Republicans will, if possible,
he a little more chary of investiga-
tons than they were before the re-
cess, for the disclosures Of the In
dian Bureau investigation, made
since then, show that rascality is to
be found wherever il is looked for.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-01-16
MANHOOD: HOW LOST, HOW RESTORED

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self-ndulgence or sexual extravaganza, etc.
~ Price, in sealed envelope, only six cents.
The celebrated author, in this admirable Essay.
clearly demonstrates, from thirty years success.
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Self-Abuse may be radically cured without the
dangerous use of internal medicine, OF the appli-
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at once simple certain and effcctual, by means
Of which every sufferer. no matter what his con-
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This Lecture should be in the hands of eveyv
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sent under seal, IN plain envelope, 10 any ad.
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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-01-16

Moved by Alderman Rice, that the
foregoing amounts for salaries I've al
lowed and warrants drawn for the pay
ment OF the several amounts. Ayes
Burre'l, IIealy, Rice, Rayburn and Tins.
Nays--None. Carried.
Comptroller, recommending the pay
ment of the following as per report OF
Street Commissioner:
J. p. sheohy, Is days work on streets, 5000
Y. DOYLE. 600
Sink, l-2 sT5
Referred to the Committee on Ways
and Means
REPORTS OF OFFICERS
Police Justice, report of fines for
month Of December Placed on file
Comptroller, Transmitting assessment
roll for expenses incurred In construct
ing sidewalks.
Moved by Alderman Rice that the Re.
corder advertise in the ALPENA WEEK
LIZ Argos, two inscr ions, that at a
meeting Of tho Common Council to be
held on Monday evening, February 4,
1873, the assessment roll aforesaid and
property therein assessed, describing
the same, will be reviewed by said Coun-
Gil and notify and require all persons In
tcrested therein 10 appear ut said meet
ing and show cause IL any they have,
why said roll or any Of the assessments
thereon should not be approved. Ayes
-Burrell, Hcaly, Rice. lsaybnrn and
Tins Nays-Noue. Carried.
TENDERS.
Received from ID. CrIppen and from
Eddy & Warren for putting 10 new
wheels and axles OF bridge across Thun.
der Bay river. Tenders referred to Com.
mlttce on Ways and Means.
RrPoRTs OF COMMITTEES.
Ways and Means, recommending the
payment of the following bills:
Claim Pay
ed. at.
W. IT. Palmer, mason work, s2O.A Gao 81
w. McMnstcr, I new collar, $50 45t
II. Giles, supdries, $3.50 26sI
Moved by Alderman Rice, that the
bills he allowed as recommended by the
committee and warrants drawn for the
payment OF the same. Aycs-Burrell
Hcaly, Rice, Rayburn and Tins. Nay,
None. Carried.
J REVOLUTIONS.
by Alderman Healy, supported b,
Alderman Tins, that Patrick Gibbons
be and is hereby appointed Marshal o
this city from this night forward. Aye
-Burrell, Healy, Rayburn aud Tins
Nays-Alderman Rice Carried
On motion the Council adjourned 70
one month.
y l,ccorder
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Wednesday, January l6, 1878

Congress re-assembled on the
10th, but there was very little
business done the Senate adjourn
cd till the l4th.
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George and Martha Washington,
Lincoln, Douglass. General sherman

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[oFFIcTAL.l
ROnrd of Education.

The Board of Education of the city oil
Alpena, met in regular session In the
Secretary's Office on Wednesday even
ing, January 9th, 1877, and was call
ed TO order at 7:3O by the Secretary.
PREsENT.--A. II. Mcdonald, Secretary
and Trustees Ilarshaw, Morse, Stout
and Wall.
Journal of session held December IL,
1877, read and approved.
The Superintendent presented his 18th
statistical report OF the Alpena public
schools for the year from September y,
1877, to January /, 1878. Ordered plac.
ed on fle.
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Dr. G. A BolANNAN. Oh N. Fifth Street. ST. LOUIS Mo.

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snd domestic vrsnyles Leading TO d,oe and spsraon' aud
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the honest eyes, "w8fK,
Bowers frequently remar,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-08-17
THE HIGH SCHOOL MIDDLE.

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bot and ,hoir po,r,v u,oni,ou. yn,o ~ .;y
Ithonsond dollars loII ,bc ,rus,ooy ,.Lon - f.v
weeks oro toward. crcc,inr = s,,it,h,a hn,,di,o
fnr If ,r,in showed If PM tho ,bi,c h,.
hoon 81 hun,rlrd and botchrd thot en.ricio,.
are Incoming rife mpiu.tlv. we IMAGINE ,ho,
Ithr whole management is cnplncrrcd bv u
lcunniug scheme 10 defeat the will Of the
nconlr
After the city had voted for ShaLbona SQUARE
three weeks ago as the location. and it was
found impossible to get possession Of the
ground. what but covert hostility to thcschOol
could have prompted the second vote in favor
of Shahhon- square, If it was not hostility
then the last degree Of a-iuinitv i, h0 name for
such s,upidity.
This second vote for Shabbona square and
against IN appropriation to buy any other
ground, of course, left the board helpless, until
the south sIdcr, came to their relief aud offered
to give the ground and erect the building the
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-08-17
DEATH-DEALING TORNADO.

A terriblc tornado struck WalingfOfd, Conn
on Friday Of last week, about 6 O'Clock in the
evening, uprooing trees, prostratib9 dwelling
houses and other buildings, and causing fright
full devastation. The track of the tornado
was quarter of Il mile wide, and swept
through the northern part Of the state, destroy
ing eycrythn" in its track About forty Nous
es, mostly wooden and occupied by mill opera
tivcs, were demolished, and as many barns.
\ brick school house that had cost $4,000 was
also destroyed, and Il Catholic church. But
mere calamitous still, at least twenty-five hu-
man lives We're lost and at least fifty more
were badly injured of whom many will not
Survive their injuries and others Will be
manned for life
\ correspondent of the n Y. Tord says;
When the tempest swooped downon Windcr-
mere Lake, the waters divided into halves from
the shock OF the descending columns of rain
and hail, and overlooked in II grand sweep the
land on either side. 1t lasted but for an instant,
and then came the rcCOil; the water rushed
back to the center of the lake and the rebound
inc cyclone dashed on, carrying with it huge
mass of sccthing, wnirling water, The lorna
known rs the North Plains, travelling in belt
about Il quarter of a mile wide In its course
stood the homes of large number Of mechan-
les and lahorcrs employed in the factories OF
the village. Flimsy wooden structures the
most Of them were, and hardly capable OF re
sisting the fury of an ordinary storm. Beside
these, on Il sandy plain, stood the old Catholic
church, also a wooden building i'll fitted TO
weather the shock Of the approaching storm.
The four story School House built four years
ago at cost of $4,000 stood almost directly
in the course taken by the tornado.
The cyclone had hardly left Windermere
Lake and commenced ITS destructive sweep
than it became filled with the debris of hun
dred buildings Houses were swept away be
fore the advance of the dcath-dealing tornado
and the inmates were carried with them and Dur
led in the ruins. Thevcncrablc Catholic church,
which had stood the storms Of twenty years or
more, was leveled in an instant, rs if huge
mountain of rock had fallen upon IT. 1t was
demolished with all its decorations and its tine
organ" not solitary timber remains standing.
The woodwork is minced up in small pieces,
and person passing by the pile and not know.
ing what it was would imagine it was kind.
ling wood which had been cut with great care
Heavy joists weighing from twenty to fifty
pounds, household furniture, stores &c. were
graspcd 10y the sweeping tornado and carried
along in It's destructive course. Up the hill
the cyclone rushed, and the large school-housc
on the verge Of the plateau was partly dcmO-
ishcd. The roof was wlcnchcd from the walls,
and the masonry sent flying eastward, leaving
nothing but fragments of the lower story
Some Of the ncig hboring houses were unrooicd,
but not 50 completely wrecked as those on
the plain.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-08-17
THE ISSUE.

The National platform adopted at Toledo
contains IL planks, one for each Of the origi
nal states. The platform Of the Illinois Ma
tional Grcenbackcrs rc.atiirms the Toledo pro
nOunccmcnt with halt dozen of additional
blanks. The Nationals at Washington city
with fifteen planks. In spite of this diversity
of view, however the Bloomington Ill) Id
r0ace, IL true blue national greenback organ
afiirms that there is really but oae issue. Says
the 1drdnce:
1t lies at the bottom of our national prosper
iy. The issue now is between the bank note
and the United States legal tender Either tho
one or the ether must ill the entire circulation
This is the issue The banks have shown toe
much hostility to the grcenbacks 10 let them
remain in circulation They have committed
themselves 10 their destruction, and cannot re-
ccde from the position The conflict Is IRE
pressiblc. The people must crush the nation
al banks or they will destroy the grcenhack.
The Aurora Hcraid, equally high National
G., b, authority, somewhat modiiics this The
national banks are not 10 be crushed but will
be graciousy permitted to live Thus
1t is no part of the policy of the grccnback
crS TO abolish banking or to disturb the bust
ness relations between the banks and THEN
customers, but simply withdraw the privilege
of issuing currency from the banks, and invest
il solely with the government where it belongs
The issue, then, is between the national bank
bill and the grcenback solely and only. Well
what is II grccnback: 1t is species of paper
money issued during the war and made L.
gal tender, bearing the pledge of the govern
mcn on its face to redeem it in coin as soon "A,
the government is able 10 do so. 1t has two char
acleristicS then, legal tender and rcdecmability
liilhat is the only paper the National Green
hackers mean TO tolerate, how is That other re
quircmcnt of the platform to he met, To isSu,
enough of it to meet the indefinite and even
varying business wants of the country -
The grecnback Is a legal tender. and the ST.
prcme court of the United States unanimously
holds that, at least in time of peace, the gov
eminent has no right Ia issue legal tender pa
per. Then We can have no more paper mon
ey under the National Grcenback dspcnsatior
than the $3iG, 900 now in existence How
is tins. Mr.. Iicdace and Mr. HeraNy l. l,
proposed to override the supreme court and
set The constitution at defiance or force Us down
at once To this hard money basis Of gold. sill
yer and our pallry S3i6OOO,OOO Of green
backs and no more?
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-08-17
THE REEORMERS.

! Nothing can illustrate more fOrcibly the ut
,cry unsettled and distracted state of public
opinion in regard to anything like a practica
remedy for the supposed evil of the times thar
! the infinite variety as well us absurdity of til,
schemes thus far suggested to the Hewitt con
grcssional committee. The following are but
specimens of "rctOrms' suggested:
Abolish capitalists.
Abolish Interest.
Abolish private ownership OF lana.
Abolish private property.
Abolish the patent laws
Abolish the custom duties.
Abolish all laws for the collection Of bills o.
credit.
Abolish private ownership of machinery.
Abolish the practice Of giving Government
| land To railroads
Prohibit the employment of children under
! fourteen.
Prohibit the employment of anyone but cit
zens on public works.
Prohibit the doing Of public work by con
! tract.
Prohibit Chinese immigration
| Lay graduated tax on incomes to prevent
large Accommodations of property.
! Furnish Government work for the uncm
ploycd
Open industrial schools at the expense OF
the Government.
Raise the income of the Government by di
rect taxation.
Build POO war vessels.
! Put the soldiers ut work on the prarics.
Enact universal eighthOur law.
Create Il Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Create Il Department Of Industry.
Make it Illegal for women to work long
hours.
Have all machinery be run on the COOpera
tive principle for the benefit of the people
Amend the constitution for the benefit of the
labOring men.
Establish Government cooperative societies.
Make the administration of Justice gratui-
tOus.
Give everyone the right to votc-womcn in.
cluded
Let the general Government control public
education.
Establish minority representation.
Let the Government issue unlimited green
backs.
Call In all Government bonds and national
bank notes
Let the Government own and run all rail
roads and telegraph lines
Keep politicians out of Office.
Submit all laws To the people for approval
or condemnation.
About the only sensible man whom the com
mittee have struck thus far is a workingman
named O'Donnel who frankly told them that the
nonsense the people who preceded him before
the committee had worn out his patience lie
wanted neither grcenbacks nor communism, noi
any cighthour law; but he did want some salts
factory manner of arbitration between master
and man, restriction Of the rights OF paten,
tees, and the right to get work wherever and
whenever he could get it, and for As many
hours rs he chose.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-08-17
ASTATEsMAN's CALM SURVEY

The New York H,r11d Of last Saturday re.
ports a conversation with the Hon. Ioratio
Seymour, which, in the present unhcalthyand
fcycrsh state Of public opinion, comes, rs AGO
temporary expresses it, like pleasant breeze
through hospital The difficulties of the
times, Mr. Seymour says rive him no surprise,
cause they were fully expected is the unavoid-
able result of financial mIsmanagcmcnt and
the pursuit of false theories of currency.
Communism he says can be dangerous only
where the lowest classes are without hope of
attaining wealth or comfort, but in this coun-
try there are few without faith that they can
win through individual cXcrliun more than
communism holds out to them. He even cX.
poets good from this open and reckless adyo.
Cacy of communism, because it must so cdu-
cate public opinion on the subject as to make
its odiousness apparent while it must also lead
to the rejection OF those elements of Commu
nsm which the republican party has ALREADY
engratted ON the national policy in the form Of
a protective tariff, vast railroad grants, and otL
cr like schemes to tester individual interests
at the general expense
To the west, however, the chief interest in
Mr.. Scymour's remarks are those which refer
to the relations between the world at larg,
and the western farmer
When paper money was plentiful and its gold
value low said he, the prices of transportation
and everything else were OF course very high,
as must always he the case under such condl
tions, and the farmer had To Pay more for The
production of his grain and its carriage to liv.
erpool than he could get for it at the latter
place, where its price is fixed As Il rcsul, our
explorations of grain were insignificant On
the other hand, since the purchasing power of
the greenback has been appropriated to that
of gold, the price of everything the farmer
buys, including transportation, has greatly de-
creased, while the gold price of wheat has re-
NAMED comparatively constant. Result, an
enormous expectation of grain, large profits
for the farmer an enormous influx of gold
from Europe and the promise of an early re
turn 10 general prosperity. In short it is plain
that the interest of the western farmer lies
with the side of cheap labor, cheap cotton
cheap iron, and cheap everything hut grain
for the latter is what he sells, and its prlcc be.
ing regulated at the foreign market has very
little dependence on American conditions
The higher the purchasing power he gets Tor
his wheat, and the lower the price of every
thing he has To buy with it, the greater the an.
nuai profit. A. the farmers are the vast major.
ity of the people of this country, their interest
is the interest of all. The same economic con
ditions and argument should show the farmer
and the whole country how the protective tar.
III injuries him. ltlnCrcaScs the cost of every.
thing he buys and is inpotcnt to add one cent
To the price paid him for his grain
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-08-17

There was another disgracctul outbreak be
tween luc OrangcImcn and Catholics in Cana
da N Monday in consequence Of an attempt
hv tnc Orangcmrn 10 celebrate 10y public
at Ottawa, the anniversary OF the
RELIEF Of Derry. a forgotten event of the Irish
wars some two hundred years ago. The mob
attacked and dispersed the procession after
spirited light in which some twenty or more,
of both sides. were wounded; Il dancing house
was also mobbcd and priests house riddled.
\ few or the rioters on both sides were arrested
and the mob finally dispersed.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-08-17

England seems to he suffering quite a. Sc
yerclv from the hard times ~ the United States,
though there has been no alleged currency
contraction there According To the last semi
annual statement of Richard Scyd, leading au
thorily in business affairs in England, tappear'
that for the first six months of this year the
failures IN the United Kingdom were 1,ji6.
According to Dun, Barlow X Co, the failures
in the United States and the Canadas for the
same period were only 1925. These were out
of list "f 100000 persons or firms engaged
in business, many more than there are in the
United Kingdom.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-08-17
P. C. HAYES RENOMIYATED.

The republican congressional convention
for this district met at Morn, on Tuesday and
renomnatcd 7. c. Hayes for reelection by nc
clanation The proceedings are sand To hav,
been rather tame and spirIllcss. Mr. Hayes
anticipating his nomination, had prepared
himself with the hcst speech Of his life, .
which hc inflicted on the convention. and
Good,pecd IF Joliet, and Mayo OF Ottawa
made short speeches. The Ottawa R,gp]liru
gives Hayes the cold comfort Of the as-uranc,
that the chance are In favor Of his election. Il
he viii work tor H. lie is pretty sure Of .2Ot
majority IL Grunly and Kendall hut d ia,
opposition should happen To unite ON d
candidate, "pnc can't sometimes always tell '
what might happen in Will and Ia Sale.