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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-09-18
WIT AND HUMOR.
A Vassar girls oath-buy gum.
.Puch.

WIT AND HUMOR.
A Vassar girls oath-buy gum.
-Puch.
Real estate conveyances--dirt
carts.-Free Press.
A grand shell race--the oyster.
Philadelphia Chronicle-Hearld.
Every tramp is in favor Of the
ate-hour law.-Cincinnati Satur-
day Night.
A snob eyeglass, covering one
eye, is not a pretty spectacle.-
New Orleans Picayune. ,ayrs',.s,s.
A young man fell in love with
female bartender jus: because he
admired her ryes.-Times.
The individual who was acci-
dentally injured by the discharge
of his duty, is still very low.
1t is not necessarily true that q
woman is thief because she hooks
her sisters dress behind her back.
A joker callenged n sick mans
vote at a city election on the ground
that he was an i'll legal voter.-Ex.
Favorite poet for the month";
Sbelley.-N. Y. Advertiser.
A companion volume-Crabbe.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-09-18

Principal.-Was it colder or
warmer a hundred years ago than
at present? Pupil (honestly)-l
really don't recollect, sir.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-09-18
z. M. E<NIGEIT,
Merchant Tailor.
u
Gents Furnishing Goods, Hats,
Caps, etc.

have hand and am receiving seame the finest grade ara
Also line Gents Furnishings And all the latest styles of Hats
CLOTH to make
- Wardrobe
Call for yourself
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-09-18

Real estate conveyances--dirt
carts.-Free Press.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-09-18
A. MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER Is, 1878.
EARLY FALL TRADE, 1878!


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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-09-18
Monaghan's
Bulletin.
Special Announcement.
have on hand choice lot of
California
Wines and Liquors

which are not excelled in quality
by any in the State; and being de-
sirous of getting large trade on
this class of goods, have marked
them at the following extremely
low prices:
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-09-18

Pain and Disease. Can we expect To enjoy
good health when bad or corrupt humors circu-
and these huInors, being deposited through the
entire body, produce pimplcs, eruptions ulcers.
indigestion costiventss, headaches, neuralgia,
rheumatism, and numerous other complaints !
Remove the cause by taking Vcgetinc, the most
reliable remedy for cleansing and purifying the
blood.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-09-18

Favorite poet for the month";
Sbelley.-N. Y. Advertiser.
A companion volume-Crabbe.
Boston Traveller.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-09-18

A grand shell race--the oyster.
Philadelphia Chronicle-IIearld.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-09-18

Every tramp is in favor Of the
ate-hour law.-Cincinnati Satur-
day Night.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-09-18

A joker callenged sick mans
vote at a city election on the ground
that he was an i'll legal voter.-Ex.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-09-18

A snob eyeglass, covering one
eye, is not a pretty spectacle.-
New Orleans Picayune. .5xeei,t[
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-27

The crime disclosed by the discovery Of
the dead body of Ferron in the waters of
the Erie Basin is OF the coarse and horrible
type of which the writer's of melodramatic
romnnces are fond; but 1t is not pleasant to
know how little the realities of life are
separated from that sort of romance. Over
lowered, gagged. robbed and murdered
and his body thrown into the river and
anchored with a great weight Of old iron,
it is plain that this is crime that might
have gone forever undiscovered If its per-
petrators had not neglected an obvious pre-
caution in throwing the body into part
Of the river SO shallow that IL could be seen
at low tide. II is kind Of crime the per-
petration of which all the policemen in the
world could not prevent, for men afoat are
in world Of their own, and IT only needs
that they should bs dssnerats and ha
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-27
No Arbitrary Arrests.

The Excise bill passed by the Assembly
very properly provides that no arrests for
violation Of its provisions shall be mado
except on a warrant duly issued. This pro-
vision, if the bill should become a law, will
put stop to the spasmodic police raids on
liquor dealers which are as unnecessary as
they are unjust. A liquor dealer has rights
as well as other business men, and he is at
all times easily found If he has been guilty
of any infringement of the Excise law.
There is law prohibiting the sale Of oleo-
margarine unless plainly labelled rs such ;
but it would be regarded as an outrage if
the police should make descent on all the
groceries where that article is sold rs gen.
uine dairy butter and drag the proprietors
and their statesmen to the station house On
the charge Of violating the law. A saloon
keeper who sells without license. or ut
times forbidden by the law, can be found at
his place of business by an officer armed
with a warrant whenever he is wanted.
There is neither reason nor justice In treat
ing him like o burglar or pickpocket and
rushing him of to cell in station house
under the impetus of policeman's club.
The provision against such unwarrantable,
arbitrary arrests is one Of the best features
of the Holahan bill.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-27

As the government seems to take with
some GOODNESS all that has been hitherto
done in the way of marauding raids on the
Texas frontier it is hardly TO be supposed
that IL will get excited over the painful
detail Of the loss of Mr.. Steele's two chill
dren. These were carried away by the
Indians, who murdered the fathers brother
and all his sheep keepers, and have per-
haps murdered the children Also But rs
this is not known the parents naturally
cling to the hope that the case with their
darling ones is less desperate. To all the
butcheries that have been done by frontier
Indians the butchery Of two little boys is
not great addition. Yet crime of this
sort touches the pathetic sensibilitics Of o
people more than the murder of many men.
and in this case IL will be apt to greatly
intensity the impression that IL is time
these raids were stopped .
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-27
Black m all.

Blackmailing has become so common in
New York that the passage of the law making
any attempt to extort money by threats a
felony is only proper protection for the
public. Under the new statute il is made q
crime to ask or demand payment for tho
concealment of any fact the publication of
which would tend to injure or annoy the
party Of whom the demand liz made, or to
threaten any disclosure or prosecution un-
less paid for silence, or in any manner to
seek TO obtain money from any narson hy
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-27


Judge Murray, of the Tombs. has deliv-
cred judgment in the case of Mrs. Tom-Ri-
Jon that, If not so brilliant as some of
Daniels, is noteworthy. He says that $50
long as she behaves herself like gentleman
he has no jurisdiction over her," 1t APP
pears that the Enthusiastically apparelled re-
taller Of Volcanoes was arrested on this oc-
casion on the complaint of the rector Of
st. Paul's Church because, in his opin-
ion, she is "a nuisance" On this theory
anybody who regards anybody else as a
nuisance has only to call an officer and have
tho other body taken into custody, and to
act on such behests is one OF the duties of
the police. But alas for tho prophecies of
the pavement in front Of st. Paul's, it ap-
pears that the statutes which define nui-
sances do not say that to be unpleasant to a
pastor is TO be nuisance, and so the dread
ful offender went free. 1t is not noble field
for a pastor to join in the small hunt
against this poor little picturesque pedler.
In q city deluged with pcdlers cannot we
be permitted to have one that is not alto
cether commonplace?
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-27

THE WEArHER.-The low barometer continues
over the lower lake region and ON the Middle
Atlantic coast, with light rains and foggncss cx.
lending northward from Tennessee aud eastward
from tho Mississippi River. The pressure is
also low south Of Florida. The winds have
moderated considerably, and the temperature
has fallen in nearly all tho districts. Clear
weather, with northerly and westerly winds,
prevails in the West and Southwest. On the
Pacific coast the pressure has risen. 1t has also
Increased in the Northeast in advance of the
low pressure. The weather In New York and
its vicinity to-day will be cooler and cloudy or
partly cloudy, with tendency to clearing up.
Tomorrow it win he cool and partly cloudy or
fair. Fogginess will continue during the morn
ings.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-27
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

Skobclon wants peace.
Colonel Valentine Baker will become An author.
Secretary sherman consuns with J. Medicine Wells
Mr. Edison . photograph echoes human nature TO-
snore.
SON Of GortschakoG 10 Russian Minister 70 Swift.
xorland
rho congressman who received his share Of the
swag now swaggles.
Greece contains 900, 900 people. an Increase Of
million since her independence.
II Charley Ross had been an ONO boy Mr.. Hayes
would have found him in about twenty-five minutsa
Down South tho exConfederate journals do MOI
thiux that Mr. Tiden would pass for one hsxelnus IN
q bushcL
son OF tho late President Felton, Of Harvard COL
lego who vii. Do rems bcred . fine Greek scholas,
II studying NJ Athens
Louisville Courier Journal :-"Possmas,er Jamea q
New York, has become the father Of twins. lively
case Of James.J amca"
The Shah OF Persia has son-that makes him
pa-shaw -Bcston Commercial Bulletin. We hope tbs
he does not become Ma-mcluke.
Senators Stanley Matthews, OF Ohio; Francis KeN
man, Of Now York. ami william H Barnum, Of Con
nscticut, are at tho Fifth Avenue Hotel.
Senator Withers, of Virginia has had delicate
operation performed upon hts Hc is SAID - b
In good heath, though success Is not assured
Senator Jones' OF Nevada, has large business inter.
ests Mt Atlanta, Ca, and whom he 10 absent from ths
Senate, and from that elegant granite building On
Capitol Hill where nc lives, no 10 In Atlanta.
we have received q large humber Of lsttors which
are trying TO decide betwoon them as 70 whether
Fremont or Shields was tho only man who ever
Whipped stoncwail jackson. Fremont Ii . little
ahead.
Cardinal Cullen quito takes down the Bishop Of
Limerick, who sent address 70 she nAw Pope. Ths
CARDINAL says that the Pope Is we'll posted about Ire
land and that tho Bishop need not have tried 10 post
tho Pope about thar country.
The troubles which arise from q dscontsntsd TEN.
nor among workng did not end with the railroad
strikes OF last San Francisco 10 In agitatioa
By tho thousands Of men attracted thither BY the
golden dreams held out in advertisements Chicago b
rapidly growing into tho same frame Of mind TAs
men Who would shrink from agitation In their ewR
countries think this FREQ land even fer uuaw.
fulness.
Atlanta gal Conssitutson-Tn the midst Of all this
denuncaton Of Mr. Hayes tho charge 10 made and re-
pcated with 'damnabls ITERATION that the Scuthsrs
democrats made bargains with him. To this ths solid
South makcs but repy-a reply that % quite com.
prchensive enough to d. tho cnarge:-wsl Tor her
leaders n they cool and sagacious enough IN the
confusion attendant upon tho great crime 70 make
terms with tho inevitable: and we'll for Mr. Hayes II
no has had the courage and the consctsnousness e
fulnl In good latin whatever pledges no may haw
made. Need moro DO said :"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-27

The establishment of sound, permanent form
Of government is ucry difficult thing to accom-
plish, and no matter hoO stable a government
might be. the slightest confusion or crash Is
al,rays sure to cause trouble and upset matters.
I therefore am in favor Of alIo~ing matters to
remain in stats quo Ihdve arrived at this con-
clssion after giving II considerable thought and
study-CHARLEs FRANois ADAMS ON TIE
FLoRIDA FRAUDS.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-27

The establishment Of a sound, permanent form
of government is uery difficult thing to accom-
plish, and no matter ho,o stable government
might be, the slightest confusion or crash d
ai,oays sure to cause trouble and upset matters
therefore am in favor Of ailo'oing matters "a
remain in statu quo Ihare arrived at this con-
clusion after giving Il considerable thought and
studv. -CHARLEs Francis Adams ON THE
FLORIDA FRAUDS.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-27

threats. even if the charges or facts alleged
against such person be true. The law Is far
reaching and leaves not the slightest loop
hole for the escape Of blackmailer in any
form. 1t is aimed against one of the viiess
and most contemplate offences that can be
committed, and as the penalties it imposes
are severe it will, no doubt, accomplish its
work effectively. After the law becomes
operative it will only be necessary to hand
a blackmailer over to the police, and his
passage to State Prison will be secured
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-27

Another Organised Railroad "Acci-
HNfe&f dent"
For the second time within two months
we have to record an accident" on Vir-
ginia railroad, in connection with which
the utter recklessness Of ths train officials
assumes character approaching to de-
liberate preparation Of disaster. The col
lision that took place on February IS near
Melford, on the Richmond, Fredericks-
burg and Potomac Railroad, was caused
by the uncoupling of two sleepers
and q passenger car from the train
while running at high rate of speed. The
forward section relieved Of tho weight ran
ahead some distance and was then stopped
until the uncoupled cars came laundering
down AN incline and crashing into the
standing section attached to the locomotive.
OF course death and mutilation Of the
passengers resulted, but investigation by
the intelligent and disinterested jury
summoned in such cases proved the
affair an Incident" The disaster at
Slatington, on the Lehigh Valley Rail-
road, followed on April s. A freight
train standing to cool boxes was run
into by an oil train. The locomotive of the
latter exploded, the oil tanks burst and the
fluid caught FIRE. An unbroken tank ex-
ploded from the heat, and many persons
were killed or so shockingly burned
that they died. In neither of these
cases were danger signals displayed,
hence the accidents" But the
the Coroner's juries were all right and mat
tiers wero smoothed over for the railroad
companies. In this latest case, the details
Of which are given in our special dispatches
this morning, the conduct of the train off,
immediate indictment for manslaughter.
The conductor and engineer Of the stand
ing passenger train knew that the
freight train followed them within ten
minutes, yet they sent back no signals
until it was too late. Indeed, it is qucs-
ton if they displayed any until disaster
became inevitable The engineer of the
freight train was running ut more than
double the regulation speed, and on that
account was unable to ''slow up" to save
The train ahead of him. The viola
tions Of the company's rules, to say nothing
Of every consideration of safety, combined
to cause fatal collision. 1t now remains
to be seen whether the people of Virginia
will assert the necessity of common precau-
ton on their railroads, and whether the
railroad companies will continue to organ.
ize railroad accidents" for the killing and
manning Of their passengers.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-27

The Busines. Dawn fn New England.
letter from Boston, on another page,
gives an encouraging view Of the business
outlook in New England. It contains
summary of the proceedings of recent
meeting Of the cotton manufacturers of that
section, and the facts and figures presented
by them show Enthusiastically that the dawn
of our manufacturing prosperity is breaking
and that business is, beyond all doubt, re-
viving. To be sure, prices are low, but the
volume Of manufactures is large and it Is
exceedingly significant that in this particu-
lar branch Of industry we are gaining on
Great Britain. Cotton is one Of our great
staple products. and an improvement in
its manufactures means an improve
ment in q hundred other departments
of business. Az one division of
industry cannot be depressed without moro
or less depressing all the rest, so the i'm
provement of one means the improvement
Of all. BY and by the iron industry will
spring into life in the demand for ma
chinery; it in turn will act upon it's kindred
department.. and SO on until the whole
workshop of the continent is again in mo-
tion. One topic Of exceedingly great i'm
portance was discussed AT the meeting re-
ferred to--namely, the necessity of extend
ing our markets, particularly in the coun-
tries to the south of u.s. This is one of the
great problems of the time, and it is, after
oil, one that is not difficult of solution. 1t
rests entirely with our merchants and manu-
facturers. They must depend upon them
selves and not upon Congress. The South
American countries are our natural markets.
They are as anxious to buy from us as we
ore to sell to them, and in this condition of
affairs it surely needs only little courage,
patience and enterprise to bring us together.
The other great industrial leaders ought to
follow the example of the cotton captains
and see how best 1t can be done.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-27

The establishment Of sound. permanent form
Of government is a very difficult thing to accom-
pl;sh, and no matter hou stable a government
might be- the slightest confusion or crash is
olsoays sure 10 cause trouble and upset matters.
1 therefore am in faucr Of auouing matters to
remain in stats quo. Ihave arrived at this con-
clusion after giuing II considerable thought and
st,sdy.-CHARLEs FRANCIS ADAMS ON THE
FLonrDA FRAUDS.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-27

The news from Europe to-day is q shade
more peaceful in character. If the rela-
tions of the Powers to one another as now
reported do not imply that peace is GER
tain they are at least not inconsistent with
its maintenance. It is agreed that there
shall be direct exchange Of views as pre-
liminary to congress, and although, when
the views are exchanged, it may be found
that they are hopelessly irreconcilable; and
therefore that to 60 to congress would be
only an empty formality, it is yet possible
that England's views, stated in the pres
ence Of representatives of other Powers,
may prove 80 much less bumptiously insular
than has been thought that the greater
difficulties will be smoothed away.
England is charged by the German
diplomatists with opposing mere quib-
bles to the formula laid down as
the basis for negotiation in congress,
and she cannot afford to belittle her case by
the continuation of such tactics. Appar-
emily there is some evidence that the sup
port the government has in the country is
less absolute than it was The recent cleo
ton Of liberal member is interpreted as
an expression Of public impatience at the
difficulties the government has put in the
way of peace and at the delays that are
o distress to commerce. As the government
has given more attention to the temper of
the people behind it than to the nature Of
the difficulties before it, avery slight change
in the popular temper may well prove the
source of important notifications in its at
titude. An important point at last plainly
understood in England is the nature of
Austria's sympathy with British grew
ances against Russia. They are convinced
that Austria can neither be dragged nor
driven nor coaxed into war but that she
has adroitly maintained an attitude in
tended to give the impression that she
would make war-and has done this only
to encourage England to plunge into hostil-
tiles in order that, with war once actually
begun, she could extort from Russia all she
demanded as the price of her neutrality.
This is certainly correct view of the pur-
port Of Austrian diplomacy, and it will per-
haps have some important results that this
is now perceived in England. It would be
a peculiar modification for England to find
some day that she had gone to war only to
pull Austria's chestnuts out Of the fire.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-27

tempted. There is only one guarantee for
life against danger like this, and that ID
the discovery and punishment of the MUIR
derers, and it must be admitted that In
these respects the chances for justice are
not GOOD et
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-27

THE GOVERNORS of the American Jockey Club
have decided upon the dates Of the spring meet
ing mt Jerome Park. There will be five days
racing, beginning on Decoration Day, Thurs
day, May 80. Saturday, June /; Tuesday,
June A; Thursday, June q, and Saturday, june
8, are the other dates. The several events OF
the meeting have been passed upon and the
programmes will be ready for distribution in
fcvv dnva.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-27

The establishment Of a sound, permanent form
Of government is rery difficult thing 70 accom-
piish, and mailer hoio stable a government
might be, The slightest confusion crash Is Arrays
sure 10 trouble aud upset matters There
fore in Japor Of olo,cing matters to remain in
statu q'so Ihave arrired at this conclusion after
0iring u considerable thought and study.--CHARLEs
FRANCIS ADAMS ON THE FLORIDA FRAUDS.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-27

BRAZIL has an empty treasury, caused mainly
by the extravaganza and recklcssncss of former
cabinets in the internal improvement line. They
werc wiser, however than our own states
men, who are cndcavoring to set the government
printing presses TO work for the purpose Of tun-
nelling mountains and digging canals up and
down the country to restore prosperity.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-27
Il RIPPLE SH e f. Il
NEW YORK. SATURDAY. APRIL ~, 1878.

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ADvERTIsERs.-To
insure the proper classification Of advertisements
IL is absolutely necessary that they be handed in
before eight O'clock eresy cpe,sing.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-27

GENERAL MAcEo, of the Cuban army, will
doubtless be delighted to receive the letter of
sympathy addressed him by the AntiSlavery
Society. But why not send him something moro
substantial
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-27

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-The stock mar
ket was not ms active as or late, and prices were
generally lower. Gold opened at 1OO12 and
closed at 1908. Government bonds were
firm, States dull and railroads quiet. Money
on call was easy ut n per cent
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-27

THE FAITnLEss OFFICIAL who issued five
thousand dollars worth of fraudulent bonds of
a Newburyport (Mass.) horse railroad should
not be censurcd too severely. He made the
most of his opportunities.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-27

A CONVENTION between the United States,
Great Britain and China on the immigration
question is the latest suggestion in an intorna-
tional way.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-27

THE LETTER CARRIERS do not seem to be in
favor with the present House. 1t declined to
increase their salaries yesterday.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-27

Ir THE MEMBERS OF THE ASSEMBLY who visit
Montreal to-day should decide to settle there it
would not be considered a very great calamity
by their constituents.