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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-03-06
- HERIFF'S SALE.

BY virtue Of an execution issued out of the Cir
cult Court for the county of Alpena and State
of Michigan, on the nineteenth day of January,
A. d. 1873 to me directed and delivered, against the
goods and chattes, lands and tenements of Thorn
as 5. Markham, and in favor of Orrin Erskine
| did, on the twenty-sixth day of January A. d.
1873, levy upon, seize and take all the right, title
and interest of said Thomas :. Markham, in and
to the following described land, 10 wit: Lots
number nine 9l and ten, tl0l, in block number
five ,5 of the village, now city of Alpena, as per
the recorded plot thereof the same being situated
in the city of Alpena, county of Apena, and State
of Michigan, all of which L shall expose for sale
and sell at auction, on Friday, the fifteenth day
of arch, A. ID. 1878, ut ten o'clock in the fore
noon Of that day, at the front door, on Second
street, of the entrance 10 the Circuit Court Room,
in Potter Bros brick block in the city of Alpena,
that being the place of holding the Circuit Court
for the county of Alpena.
Dated Alpena, January 2Sth, 1873.
JAMES Il. DENTON,
33Sw7 Deputy Sheriff.
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paid by the plaintiff under this
mistaken belief. Plaintiff claims
that the above state of facts consti-
tutes a mistake of fact and al
lodges this as a ground for recovery
in this action. Defendant claims
that the mistake was a mistake of
law and not a mistake of fact.
There is some difficulty in arriving
at satisfactory conclusion of this
proposition, and inasmuch as its
decision would not alter the result
already reached by the Court upon
other grounds, and in view of the
strong probability that the action
of this Court will be received by
another and wiser tribunal, / de-
cline to express any opinion upon
the question.
The plaintiff will take judgment
of one hundred dollars with interest
on fifty dollars of that amount at
seven per cent from date of pay
ment, being the first fifty dollars
paid, and interest at seven per cent
on the remaining fifty dollars to be
computed from June LIST, 1875. A
like judgment will be entered in
each of the other cases embraced
in the stipulation.
j. B. FUTILE.
Circnit Jndpe.
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SITTING AROUND.

They were sitting around upon barrels and chairs
Discussing their own and their neghbors affairs;
And the look Of content that is seen on each face
Seems 10 say have found my appropriate place,
sitting around.
In har-rooms and groceries calmly they SIT
And serenely chew borrowed tobacco, and spit,
While the stories they tell, and the jokes they
crack,
Show their hearts have grown hard and undoubt-
eddy black,
While sitting around.
The ''sittor around" is a man of no means,
And his face wouldn't pass for quart Of white
beans,
Yet he somehow or other contriycs 10 exist,
And is frequently seen with drink in his fist,
While sitting around.
The loungers they toll not, nor yet do they spin,
Unless it is yarns while enjoying their GIN
They are people of leasure, yet often tits true
They allude TO the work they're intending to do,
While sitting around.
They've a habit of talking Of other mems wives,
As they whittle up sticks with their horn-handled
knives.
They're = scaly old set, and wherever you 60,
You'll find them in groups or strung out in row,
While sitting around.
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ELECTION NOTICE.
STATE DEPARTMENT, MICH,
SEcRETARY's OFFICE,
Lansing, January 2sth, 1878

4
Lansing, January 2sth, 1873
To The Sheriff Of he County Of Alpcnd:
SIR You are hereby notified that at the cleo
ton 10 he held on the first Monday of April next
the following amendments 90 the constitution of
this State to be submitted TO the people of the
State, for their adoption rejection, viz: An
amendment to section II of article 6, relative to
the appointment of Clerk of the Supreme Court.
~ provided by joint resolution No 80, laws OF
1877. said section reads as follows:
"Sectlon H. The Clerk of each county organized
for Judicial purposes, shall be the Clerk of the
Clrcuit Court OF such county, and Of the Supreme
Court when held within the same"
If the proposed amendment be adopted said
section will read ms follows
"Section IL. The Justices of the Supreme Court
shall appoint the Clerk of said Court and the
Clerk of each county organized for Judicial pur-
poses, shall be Clerk of the Circuit Court of such
county,"
Also an amendment TO section 7 of article Is,
relative TO corporations, as provided by Joint
resolution No. SO, laws of 1871 Said section now
reads as follows:
section Z. The stockholders Of all corporations
and joint stock associations. shall be individually
liable for all labor performed for such corporation
or association"
If the proposed amendment be adopted, said
section will read rs follows
"Section 7. The stockholders in all corporations
and Joint stock associations shall be individually
liable in an amount equal TO the par value of their
respective shares which they own or have owned
IN such corporations or associations for all labor
done in behalf Of such corporation or Joint stock
association during the time of their being such
stockholdesr."
In witness whereof have hereunto
I / set my hand and affixed the great seal
SEAL of the State of Michigan, at Lansing,
the day and year first above written.
Il. ID. q. HOLDEN,
Secretary of State
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j. B. FUTILE.
Circuit Judge.

Maria is such a common name in
Grass Valley that when a cat climbs
the back fence of yard on Church
street, and calls out "Mar-i-ar !"
ten or twenty windows are thrown
up, from which protude ten or
twenty female heads wildly answer
ing "What ~
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-03-06

"Where's the master, Pompey 2"
said an angry creditor, the other
day to black servant of an in
temperate debtor. "Up stairs,
sah." "Getting drunk, suppose Z"
"No, sab, he be getting sober"
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T.. N. PC
Datod at Alpenn. February 23d.
NOTICE.

State of Michigan. Alpena county, 80.
In a suit pending in the Circuit Court for AL
pena county, in chancery, on the 18th day OF
February, a. ID. 1873.
Charles Dawson. cashier OF the FRS. National
Bank of Pontiac Michigan, complainant, vs.. Ed
win ;. Jonney and Eliza A. Jenney, and William
Jenney, Jr, survivors of William Jenney, de-
ceased, and Charles Baldwin as administrator of
the estate OF William Jenney deceased, defend
ants.
In this cause, IL satisfactorily appearing TO me,
Circuit Court Commissioner in aud for the coun-
ty of Alpena, by affidavit that one of the above
named defendants, Edwin $. Jenney is not resi-
dent of the State OF Michigan, and that he resides
in the state OF New York therefore, on motion
OF Kelley Clayberg, solicitors for complainant it
Is ordered that said defendant Edwin :. Jenney.
cause his appearance to be entered IN sand cause,
and answer the bill of complaint filed therein
within three months from the date hereof, and in
default thereof said bill to be taken as confessed
against him. IL is further ordered, that within
twenty days from the date hereof, the complain
ant cause this order to be published nj the AL
PENA WEEKLY ARGUS, n newspaper printed and
published in said county of Alpena, and that SAID
publication be continued for six successive weeks
once in each week or that said complainant cause
copy OF this order TO be personally served on
said defendant Mt least twenty days before the
day of appearance herein mentioned
3ilw6 VICTOR G. BURNHAM
Circuit Court Commissioner Alpena, Co, Mich
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The model husband has been
found in Albany. He don't per-
NIT his wife to do more than half
the work. She puts up the canned
fruit in summer, and he puts it
down in winter.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-03-06

An Iowa paper speaks of man
having been lynched "for buring
the barn and contents of his son-in-
law. Any man who would deliber-
ately burn the contents of his SON
in-law ought to be lynched.
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Give a man who was not elected
half an hour to sit down and re-
feet and he will present twenty
four logical reasons why he was
left out in the cold. He will also
assure you that this earth won't
stand much longer.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-03-06

A fast man behind fast horse,
with a drunken companion fast
asleep on Fast Day, is about the
loosest lapse of morals which the
fastidious can moralize.
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f.. p. CAMP BELL,
w. ii. POTTER,
II. X. POTTER.
Alnena ConntY-ss

AIpena COnnty-ss.
/ hereby designate tho ALPENA WEEKLY ARGUS
and Alpena County Pioneer, two newspapers
printed and published in said county of Alpcna,
for the publication of the foregoing and annexed
articles of co-partnership, affidavit and certificate
according 20 the statute in such case made and
provided.
Dated February esd, 1873.
3l2w6 W. II. JOHNSON. County Clerk.
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"No cows, no cream" was the
way a compositor set up the words,
mo cross, no crown"
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-03-06

How can clergymen consistently
preach pure love when they in
variably marry for money!
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Dissolution of CO-Partncrship.

Notice is hereby given that the co-partership
heretofore existing under the name of Campbell,
Potter 81 Co., and doing business at Alpena,
Michigan, is this day dissolved by mutual con-
sent. All accounts to and with the late firm of
firm, or from said firm, are TO be settled with w.
ii. & Il. X. Potter.
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position to carry out bis threat,
such payment may be recovered
back in an action of assumpset.
In the case at bar, the Marshal
had the power and it was made his
power and it was made his duty
by the terms of the supposed or
dinance, to arrest the plaintiff if
he refused to pay, and the plaintiff
had a right to believe the Marshal
would execute his threat, and act
ing through fear that the Marshal
would arrest him, he paid the
demand which is admitted to have
been without any foundation in
legal right. 1t is entirely clear
and undisputed in this case that,
as matter of fact, the passage OF
the supposed ordinance was not
legally consummated by the Com
mon Council at the time plaintiff
paid the tax, but that both parties
and, in fact, all parties believed
that all legal forms and require
ments had been fulfilled in its pas
sage by the Council and that the
ordinance, as it then stood, was as
legal and valid as It was possible
for the Council TO have made it by
any action on their part, and the
tax was demanded by the city and
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-08-30
FORGERY OF A $500 CHECK
A Game that Didn't Morl.

About noon last Friday man present
ed for payment at the First National Bank
q check for five hundred dollars, bearing
the signature OF Nicholas Lockerman. 1t
was drawn on the Emporia National
Bank, and from this and other circum-
stances the suspicious Of Mr.. Cross were
aroused. He therefore questioned the
man closely, meantime sending c. S. Cross
down to the Emporis National Bank to
place the officers there on their guard
before its presentation. He finally told
the man that he could not cash it because
drawn on the other bank, whence the fell
low made his way and presented the
check to Major Hood. On being asked
whether it was drawn in his favor, he
said mo. got it Of Bill Smith," He
said his own name was John Smith, and
he claimed to have received the check in
payment for the sale Of cattle. Growing
uneasy at the various inquiries put to
him, the man finally seized the check and
ran out into the street, Major Hood fol-
lowing him. Mr.. Hood ran up stairs and
called to County Attorney Sedgewick, who
started after Constable johnson, while
hOOo pun ~ NC P'ONCN ~
Beg down the alley in the rear of the new
bank building. Overtaking him, he told
him that check would be all right and
Induced him to return to the bank, where
he kept him until Sedgwick and johnson
returned. With his usual prompLness,
Mr.. johnson was soon on hand, and took
the offender uRder his protection, putting
him through another series OF interroga-
tories concerning the antecedents Of him.
self and his check. He repeated his FORM
er statements as to his name and the way
he received the check. He was asked
what kind of cattle he sold for his $500,
and replied ''five fat cows and fifteen
head OF horses" He said the sale was
made in COwley county eight or ten days
ago. On being asked to account for the
fact that the check was dated that day,
he seemed at loss for an answer, but ex-
pressed great anxiety to find Bill Smith,
Mr. Johnson kindly took him around to
the hotels and other places TO assist in his
search for that individual, but soon be-
came satisfied that S'BIlp' was purely a
product of Imagination. He turned his
prisoner over to Mr.. Nichols while he
N~SN--
his statement that no such check had ever
been issued. The check. had been filled
out in 3 different handwriting from the
signature, and meantime Mr.. Kelly in
S. j. Smiths store, identified the prisoner
as q man who had that morning obtained
of him a blank check, and requested him
to fill it out, saying that he would sign it.
On this fact being stated the man ac-
knowleged his guilt, and was forthwith
committed to Jail. He was brought before
Justice Bachelor the following morning
but waived an examination, and was re-
committed to Jail to await trial. He is a
mulatto and gave his name as Isaac Ia
Dor. The result OF the matter is simply
that Tabor will probably learn by
the experience of some hard labor in the
penitentiary that it takes a much sharper
man than he proved to be to outwit our
bank officials.
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NEW DRY GOODS STORE.-we are
pleased to call attention to the new ad-
vertlsement OF Mr.. Charles Cook, u gen.
tleman who has opened q new dry goods
store here, and comes recommended as an
enterprising and successful merchant.
We find the following notice OF Mr.. Cook
IN the Galena, Illinois, Gazette of the 26th
ult:
"Mr. Charles Cook, who is about to re-
move to Emporia, Kansas, came to Galena
in 1855, and entered the employ OF L. s.
Felt, one OF the largest wholesale dry
goods merchants west OF Chicago. From
that time until the present, the gentle.
man has been connected with the estab-
lishment first as clerk and thereafter as
commercial agent and salesman. Since
the death of Mr.. Felt he has practically
managed the business, closing up the &C.
counts and disposing OF the stock. He
will remain in Galena until the business
OF the house is wound up, when he Will
proceed TO Emporia where he will continue
| to devote himself to commercial pursuits,
having already purchased 8 store in that
| city. Mr.. Cook is regarded hereabours as
shrewd, reliable business man, and
when he removes hence, Galena will lose
one Of her best citizens. Mrs. Cook LEFT
with her children for Chicago, on Mon.
day last, where she will remain until
Joined by her husband, who expects tC
close up his business engagements in Ga
| lena about the first OF August. The fam
lily will be greatly missed in this cOmmu
| nifty"
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PLYMOUTH, Aug. 26, -


A great deal Of sickness here, mostly
bilious attacks. Some chills, none fatal SO
lar.
A young man by the name OF VIM.
Davis, who works on 10. Ecret's farm,
was hauling hay last Thursday, about
four O'Clock in the evening, had just fin.
Ished pitching OFF load when he was Sc
verely sunstruck, and fell of the wagon
insensible. DR.. Conway was called in
and succeeded In restoring him TO con.
seriousness. He is now convalescent, but
cannot bear to be in the sun much.
The haying is perhaps more than hall
done for this season.
Neil Brislin has a fine little boy two
days old, and unto VIM. Carriers a "child
was born and q son was given"
Most of us here like the politics of the
NEWS, but some OF us would like little
more greenbackism in it, just to spice up
a little, yon know.
The most of us here think it would be
nothing but right and fair play to let old
Pike township furnish the next sheriff,
Mr.. j. Nj. Kerr is our candidate. He is
emInently qualified to fill the office with
credit to himself and to the county. But
If the central committee "can't see it, to
give US our choice, we will gracefully &C
cept the situation, and help elect some
other good man.
The Sabbath school convention yester-
day was a grand success so far as the
teachers were concerned, to-wit: Mr..
Drake, Mr.. Riggs and Mrs. Clark.
Messrs. Clark, Stubs and Rodgers were
also here from Emporia, and perhaps 9TH
ers that we did not learn names of. our
school was not attended so well as desira-
BILE, on account of sickness. Mr.. Drake
taught q class I'm the forenoon; Mrs
Clark and Mr.. Riggs in the afternoon
Taught, they all said, as they would their
own class at home. We thought their
class ought to be truly thankful for hav-
ing snch good teachers. Friend Stubb:
criticised them pretty sharply for talking
too much. He thought they ought &c
draw the talk out of US more. We thinE
they did Just right; we wanted to learr
all we could by hearing them. We had
excellent vocal music In the evening
organized Township association by elect
ing r. H Gasaway, president, I. L. Hiner
secretary, and Mrs. Allen, Mrs. Patty and
Mrs. Fanny Carter committee on gener-
al business. More anon. JUSTICE.
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Leaving 10 be raised from first
rnnrf0soR county honda &C 200. Ql


The expense paid in the land
department since the lands
were put upon the market
for Registers and Receivers
fees, surveying lands, rebates
for improvements, commits
sions on sales, advertising and
printed matter circulated, up
TO December 81, 1877, was. .$52S, 1913. ID
The accounts Of the company show that
all the receipts from the land sales up to
Dec. 81, 1877, have not been sufficient to
coupons upon the 81, 1000, 900 by the sum
of $424, 1913 80, this being the balance due
the Santa Fe company from the land de-
partment December 31st, 1877, as shown
by the audited and published account.
By this 1t is shown that this splendid
grant, of which the press of the State have
had SO much to say, has thus far resulted
In giving our State an addition OF about
100000 souls to its population, and $780,
received had the Government held the
land, and which has run the road in debt
$424, 1888 80.
What will be the final result we cannot
pretend to say. but it is not safe to cal
cuIate that it will do more than pay off
the So. 50O, 900 In bonds which were issued
upon it, together with the coupons, taxes,
cost of selling, and balance Of cash which
it now owes the road,
If this is the final result, the grant will
have furnished less than one-quarter of
the cost of the road, and have paid into
the State, taxes amounting to at least
81. SOC, 900 before 1t is closed out.
IfeVer a company ''caught an elephant
the Santa Fe company have in that grant,
and they would have been better of new
er to have had 1t.
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Beyond the Reach Of Human sLIrI

Is the power to restore the hair to bald
heads when the bulbs at the roots are de-
stroyed by age or disease; but there are
doubtless many persons becoming bald,
whose hair by careful attention might be
restored to its original -luxuriance and
beauty. Parker's Hair Balsam is an eIe-
CANT preparation, designed to meet the
public want for harmless herr dressing
and restorative. 1t acts like magic, COM
meneing at the very roots, removes dam
druff and all humors from the scalp, and
never fails TO restore gray or faded hair
70 the original color. asd the soft. rich
and glossy appearance Of youth. BY Is
occasional use falling Of the hair Is i'm
mediately checked and luxuriant and
beautiful growth Of young hair induced.
The exquisite perfume and the purity Of
its composition are highly appreciated,
and as IL IS not a dye and does not stain
the skin or clothing, il Is growing favor
tie OF the toilet table everywhere. BUY
bottle from your druggists, North & RY-
der and j. A. Moore, and test Its merits.
July 1895 Aug. S-23-sept. $40
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After hunting for lost mare until he
got tired, the owner started last Monday
to advertise her, and before he reached
the office word came In that the animal
had turned up. This shows the-efFect Of
advertising. J. s Craig, however, had
worse joke than this perpetrated on
him by one Of his horses, 1t strayed last
spring. and-after hunting it over three
counties he advertised, ana even that
didn't bring the animal. "A few weeks
ago his boy, happening to 60 through
schmtdling's pasture. few hundred
yards nom and In plain view Of Nj.
Cralg's house, was astonIshed 70 find the
missing horse quietly grazing there. TAT
and comfortable. 1t in some unexplained
way got into the pasture last spring, and
hAs been contentedly grazing there for
months, within sight Of its owner, while
he was hunting for f. all the time over
about 100 square miles OF upland and bot
tom. -ia
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The senior editor OF THE NEWS is en-
gagged on q history Of Lyon county. for
Edwards Bros atlas Of Lyon county,
which is to be issued the coming winter.
He is consulting old settlers and every
means of information obtainAbIe, and will
bestow plenty Of time and care upon the
work TO make 1t as full as the limited
space will allow, and perfectly accurate
in its statements. Its leading features
will be complete list Of all the officers Of
the county from 1855 down. and the cleo
ton returns, as full statistics OF the coun-
ty's growth as can be had, and as full in
formation a. possible OF what the county
aid In the late war.
The book will contain some fine farm
views in this county, and portraits Of
such Of our citizens as Edwards Broth
ers desire inserted.