Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-02-26


hat not more than fifteen China
men can come to this country IN
the same vessel at the same time.
or the s45,OOO,000 fractional
currency issued, there remains out
standing about sl6,OOO'ooo' oil
which amount about S2,OOO,ooO are
in three and Ave cents. 1t Is now
estimated that there will ultimate
" he redeemed only sf,OOO,OOO OF
the $4,000, 900, leavingsl2,oOO 900
as profit to the government, that
amount being lost or destroyed.
Washington, Feb. 1.-THE Sec
rotary of the Treasury has issued
the eighty-niuth call for the re-
demptiou of $50 bonds OF lsoo'
to the amount Of 500, 100000.
Atlanta, Ga, Feb. 1s-A rail-
road disaster occurred near Selma
to-day. The passenger train from
there on the Selma, Rome Il Dali
ton Road, fell through a rotten
bridge over Mulberry Creek
Three persons killed and fourteen
persons wounded. The train Is a
perfect wreck. A loaded box ear
with sixty bales OF cotton, mall
baggage and express cars, and one
coach, were totally burned. The
bridge was perfectly rotten.
Columbus, Ohio, Feb. l6.-The
Soldiers Orphans Home, near
Xenia, was DESTROYED this morning
hy fire. No lives lost. Loss about
SIS 900.
CHEYENNE, Feb. 16.-A battalion
of the Fifth Cavalry, commanded
by Major Ferris, left camp on the
Snake River on the 4th inst for a
six DAYS scout through the great
Sand Hills, across Clifford and
Boardman Forks, to the Loup, and
down one days march, thence bach
to the head quarters, and making
a wide detour TO the left, return
ing to camp on the sixth day. Two
camps were made without wood ol
water, :he thermometer several de-
qrees below zero. Great suffering
in the command from cold ant
snow blindness. 1t was impossi
bile TO follow the trail of the Chey
ennes, owing to the great depth o
, the snow.
; San Francisco, Feb. ia Vic
, to,ia dispatch says: Much ex
> citement prevails in SitkA, the In
dams having threatened the ami
, hiliation of the whites.
Washington, Feb. 19.-The rev
q enue cutter, Oliver Wolcott ha
|, been ordered to Si!ka to preserv
: the peace. The British man G
: war, Osprey. left Victoria, BIRTHS
h Columbia. yesterday for Sitka,
l. the earnest request Of citizens
It Sitka, who represented that the
y feared indiscriminate massacre l.
e the Indians.
New Orleans. Feb. 10.-Repor'
Il having been recently published
, the existence Of yellow fever
New Orleans, the statements mad
+ that such reports are untrue. n
o. cases or deaths from yellow few
a have occurred here this year.
.. Washington, Feb. 2O.-The sn
h scriptions to the four per Ger
D. loan during the past week amour
to s19,7lO.O5O.
Pittsburgh, Pa, Feb. GOO
, siderable excitement and uDea'
ness exists at Brownsville and OF
=, err towns along the Upper Mono
:. gahela, owing to recent outbreal
;. and threatened violence by q
striking miners in that vicinity
/, Nearly all the coal mines have be-
. shut down for some time. Wit
in the past few days the mine ow
ers have attempted to start up
- reduced prices with fresh han'
/. but the old men have become
!. violent that the new men we
= afraid to 60 to work. The form
employees in some instances ha
"A taken possession Of the mines q
threaten dire venge ,nce on a
> one going to work. Sheriff Wo
i with 230 deputies has arrested
. large number of the strikers, b
:, many of the miners have fed
- the mines, where they have enou
!. provisions to Withstand quite
:. siege, and fears are felt that
bloody outbreak may occur at a
al moment.
:. st. Paul, Feb. 20.-A special