Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-01-01

practically closed frow st. Paul to
Cairo. To-day is the coolest OF
the season, the mercury marked six
degrees below zero at 8 o'clock this
morning.
Cincinnati, Dee. 24.-The polar
wave is decided success here this
morning, the thermometer standing
at zeyo. There are several inches
of snow on the ground.
New York, Dec. 24.-The Pro-
duce Exchange has sent in cir
cular to all commercial bodies OF
the United States, urging that
pound be taken as the unit OF all
weights in the sale of all articles
of produce, and that larger trans
actions should be indicated by 100
pounds and by multiples thereof.
New York, Dec. 26.-The ocean
steamer Cyclops, covered with ice
from stem to stern, yesterday tow
ed up the steamer City of Atlanta,
which left this port for Charleston
on Saturday last. That vessel,
when off Body Island, about 40
miles north of Hatteras, had her
rudder carried away, but fortunate
ly the wind was blowing off shore.
She had about 40 passengers, many
of them women. The steamer was
soon put about, and made the best
of her way to this port, steering
entirely by her sails and steam.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Panama, Dec. l3.-In gale at
Aspinwall, on the 10th inst, four
vessels were lost, and the Pacific
Mail Company's wharf, with other
wharves, were damaged to the ex-
tent of 100000. A previous
storm interrupted, for some days,
communications by rail and tele-
graph between this city and Aspin-
wall.
Montreal, Dec. 22.-The heaviest
snow-storm for years occurred last
night. Nearly three feet of snow
covered the ground.
Trenton, Ont, Dec. 23'-Two
freight trains OH the Grand Trunk
collided at this station this MORN
ing, killing Hugh McGregor, fire.
man, and Thos. Gamble, brakeman.
New York, Dec, 26.-Mrs. Scott
Siddons, who has been absent from
this country for three years, reading
in England and Australia, return
ed last week. While visiting the
Sandwich Islands with her hus-
band, native became so enamored
of her, that he offered her husband
a large bunch of bananas for her,
and seemed surprised that his offer
was not accepted.
SPORTING NEWS.
Hazleton, Pa, Dec. 2l.-A prize
fight between Jack Roberts, of
Tamaqua, and Tom McSorely, of
Pottsville, for 500 a side, came off
near here yesterday, and, after
seventeen desperate rounds, Jack
Roberts was declared the winner.
McSorely was badly battered.
Roberts also received much pun
ishment.
New York, Dec. 23.-At / o'clock
this morning O'Leary and Campana
their six days race
The conditions of the match are
Go as you please, run, walk, hop,
skip or jump, so long as the tracks
are followed and the distance is
One thousand dollars a
side has been deposited, and the
net proceeds of the entrance money
will go-three-fourths to the win
ner and one-fourth to the loser of
match, provided, however, that the
latter shall have covered $50 miles.
in this, he gets nothing,
and all the gate money goes to the
The contest takes place
at Gilmore's Garden. O'Leary has
the inner track. 1t takes nine laps
around O'Leary's track to make a
mile, while Campana's track is one
eighth of mile. Dec. 24.-O-
Leary and Campana, as they were
tramping along this morning, the
latter leading about twenty feet,
presented rather q ludicrous con-
trast. Campana is built like an
augle-worm, the same size oil the
way down; his sunken cheeks and
pinched features, pale eyes, and
wrinkled forehead are crowned
with blue skull cap. OLeary's