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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-10-27
ElecuANotice.
STATE OF MICHIGAN,
OFFICE or rss SECRETARY OF STATE,

Of NH A1AAANal
/ OFFICE OF rHB SECRETARY OF STATE,
Lansing, August -, 1850
I To the Sheriff Of the County of Alpena
SIR,-You are hereby notified that at tho Gem
eral Election TO be held in this State the first
Tuesday Of November next, the following officers
are 20 be elected, wiz
Eleven Electors OF President and Vice PROSE
dent OF tho United States, Governor, Lieuten-
ant Governor, Secretary Of State, state Treasurer,
Auditor General Commissioner Of the state Land
Office, Attorney General, Superintendent OF rub
lie instruction, and q Member Of the state Board
Of Education; also, q Representative in Congress
Tor the Eighth Congressional District OF this
State, TO which your county belongs; also, sem
ator for the Twsnty-ninth Senatorial District,
composed OF the counties OF Altoona, Alpena, Bay,
IoscO, Ogemav, Presquo Isle, and tho inorganic
ed counties OF Oscoda and Montmorency; also, 4
Representative in the state Legislature for tho
representative District, composed of the counties
OF Alpens, Altoona. Prssque Isle, Osooda and
Montmorency.
You are also hereby notified, thst At Sais cleo
ton the following proposed amendment 70 the
Constitution OF this State will be submitted. 90
the people OF the State for their adoption or re-
lection, 10 stand 80 Section Is OF Article II, as
provided for By Joint Resolution. No ~, Of tho
Legislature OF 1879
sEcrIos Is. The LssislsttIrs shall have power,
upon such terms and sonditions and in such
manner 80 u shAll deem proper, TO authorize the
city OF Detroit 20 aid in the construction and
maintenance OF . railroad bridge or tunnel
Aoross the Detroit river at or near said city, to an
amount not exceeding one per centum OF tho as
sssssd value Of the taxable property IN said city
In testimony whereof, have hersunto set my
hand and AFFIXED the Great Seal OF the state Of
Michigan, ut Lansing. the day and year first
above written.
l..S Secretary Of state.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-10-27

! OKyIok OF rRs ssRRITF OF ALYnSA Co1Hrr I
Alpona, August i4th, 1880 !
| To the Elsotor. Of Alpens County:
| You are hereby notified, that at the General
/ Election 10 DO held IN this State, on the first
Tuesday Of November nsxt, the following officers
Eleven Electors OF President aud Vice Presi-
dent Of tho United States, Governor, Lieuteu-
ant Gov3rnor, Secretary Of State, State Treasurer
Auditor General, Commissioner of the state
Land Once, Attorney General, Superintendent OF
Public Instruction, and q Member Of the State
Bosrd Of Education; alss a Representative 10
Congress for the Eighth Congressional District OF
this state, 70 which your county belongs also, :
composed Of the counties Of Altoona, Alpens, Bay,
Ioseo, Ogemsv, Prssqus Isle and the inorganic
cd counties Of osoods and Montmorency; also, u
Representative in the State Legislature for the
Of Alpsns, Aleons, Prssqus Isls, oscods ard
Montmorency.
You ar. also hsrsby notified, that at said cleo
ton the following proposed Amendment to the
Constitution OF this state will DO submitted to
the People Of the State for their adoption OF re-
lection, to stand as Section IS Of Article Il, as
provided for by Joint Resolution, No. -, of the
Legislature of 1879.
srcTIos rs The Lsgislsturs shall have power,
upon such terms and conditions, and in such
manner as it shall deem proper, TO authorize the
city OF Detroit 70 aid In the construction and
maintenance OF Q railroad bridge or tunnel across
the Detroit river a. or near said city TO an smouut
not sxoesding one per oentum OF the assessed
value Of the taxable property in said city.
Also, the following officers are 70 DO elected for
Alpena county, viz:
One Judge Of Probate, one Sheriff, ono County
Clerk, one County Treasurer, one Register OF
Deeds, one Prosecuting Attorney, one Circuit
Court Commissioner, one Surveyor and two Cor
onsrs.
III Sheriff OF Alpena County, Mich.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-10-27

rnANCERY NOTICE.

In the Circuit Court for this county Of Apsna
In Chancery,
Mary Beasssu, complainant. "a. Anthony Bess-
son, defendant.
10 satisfactorily appearing 90 the under'igued
Circuit Judge, that the defendant, Anthony Boas-
son is a nonresident OF this state; ON motion OF
Seth l.. Carpenter, solicitor for complainant,
It is ordered that said defendant cause his APP
poaranco 10 be entered Ia this cause within three
months from the date hereof, and also that with
in twonty days said complainant cause a copy
hereof 20 be published in the Alpena Weekly
ABoUs, and that said publication be continued In
said newspaper at least once IN each week for six
weeks in succession.
Dated September sth, 1850
J. q. FUTILE,
Circuit Judge.
SETH l.. CARPENTER,
Solicitor for Compliments. Slows
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-10-27

4 CHANCERY NOTICE.
In the Circuit Court for the county Of Alpsna -
In ChAncory.
Amarillo Schneider, complainant, W. Cornelius
Q. Schneider defendant.
1t satisfactorily appearing 10 the undersigned
Circuit Judge that the defendant, Cornelius c..
Schneider Is a nonresident of this state on mo-
ton 81 Seth L. Carpenter, solicitor for complain
ant, II 10 ordered that said defendant cause his
appearance 20 be entered in said cause within
three months from the date hereof, and also that
within twenty days said complainant cause a
copy hereof TO be published IN the Alpena. Week
ly ARGUs, and that said publication be continued
IN said newspaper At least onOo In each week for
ak consecutive weeks.
Dated September 9Th, lSs0.
J. b. FUTILE,
circuit Court
sETH L. CARPEsTKK.
Solicitor FOR Complainant. s15w6
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-10-27

Newcombe, of Leicester, the two
which hang beside "Maria" at
Cold Ashby being by him, with the
inscription, "Newcombe of Lsices-
ter made NEE 1606.'-Saturday
Review.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-10-27

skeleton, every bone picked. He
had been staked down on the
ground with his back to an ant
hill, and left for the ants to eat
alive. A more awful retribution
can scarcely be conceived.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-10-27
The Poplar Tree.

Poplar wood, as an article Of
commerce, seems TO be coming
more into notice lately, and to be
held in more esteem than IL was
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-10-27

M IN fdFS1 business now before the public. You
WEE1ntcan make money faster at work for
hEEN us .hau 40 anything else. Capital
~ IN n not required. We will start you.
s12 day and upwards made st homo by the in
dustrious. Men, women, boys and girls wanted
everywhere 20 work for Us. Now is the time. You
can devote your whole time 10 the work, OF only
your spare moments. No other business will pay
you nearly az well. No one willing TO work can
fail 70 make enormous pay by engaging az once
Costly outfit and terms free. A great opportunity
for making money easily and honorably. Address
True Co, Augusta, Maine. 467
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-10-27

90 IA ofsper day, outfit free. Send two Sc. sips.
W W YlVF. B. Washburn, Middleboro, Mass.
4G9m6
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NOTICE.

SErH l.. CARPENTER,
Solicitor for Complainhnts 4i5wl
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-10-27

n,yl..s. s.y'. f,seiss ].s!s7 :. - ,'ss ,sss
has e yeuf rs.dy a. 90 ~ oes s..sns's .as 49,
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-01-17
Bachelors are not in high repute.


bachelor is goose without water.
A man without a wife is like man in win
ter without fur bonnet.
A man under petticoat government,
or, as the Germans say, "under the
slipper" is thus painted
A crab is not fish among fishes,
bat is not bird among birds,
So hen-pecked husband is not man among
men.
The cheapness of brandy has done
immense mischief among the peasantry.
In collection of twenty thousand Rus
sian proverbs which l have, five hun
dred relate to drunkenness and its eff
fects. The soldiers, who are recruited
from the ranks of the peasantry, carry
the village drinking habits with them,
and this trait appears in various strong
ly phrased proverbs. The peasants
have suffered not only from drink, but
bad landlords, who have spent their
money in the dissipation of great cities,
leaving the peasantrY in the hands of
grinding agents, who were generally
Germans.
The landlords court has wide entrance, but
narrow exit:
.. e., it is easy to get into his debt, but
difficult to get out of it.
Praise not the crop until it is stacked.
Praise not the landlord until he is dead.
The usurer in Russia, as in India, is
scourge to the peasant. elm the
other world" says the proverb,
"usurers have to count red-hot coins
with bare hands"
But the worst plague to the peasant
is the Tchinovik, or official, as the Rus
sian bureaucracy are noted for their
gross oppression and bribe-taking pro-
pensities.
The Tchinovnik o1ly takes up his pen,
The peasants pray and birds tremble.
TO defend yourself against thief take a
| stick,
To defend yourself against Tchinovnik take
rouble.
Feac not the law but the Judge;
a Judge is like carpenter, what he wants he
| carves.
Go before God with Justice,
Before the judge with money.
Tie Raskoluiks. or Dissenters, of
Russia, amount probably to $4,000, 900,
and are an interesting class. Some ex-
press their detestation of the Greek
church thus:
He who fears God does not go to church;
Inc cAurch is not in beams but in ribs;
.. e., not in the building, but in living
membe's. They agree with the old
Tartar saying:
Songs and dances are Satan's daughters.
And they go further than the tetotal-
ers dennncing tobacco, tea and coffee:
Thesmoker is brother to a dog.
Tea, the Chinese arrow, has pierced the Rus
sanheart.
Thunder Stays the -drinker.
-Londo2 Leisure Hours.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-01-17
A Reporters Luck.

DURING an excursion from this CITY
to Niagara Falls, and while at Cleve-
land, an incident occurred which will
never be forgotten by those who heard
of it. The Kennard House, in that city,
was crowded with guests, when an &C.
centric and witty druggist of Smithfield
street appeared late at night at the
hotel Office and demanded a bed. The
clerk replied that there were only two
vacant beds in the house-one wherein
was quartered Pittsburg morning
newspaper man, and the other room
wherein was Pittsburg evening-news-
paper man, who were with the excur-
sion. "To tell the truth, they are both
pretty drunk; so you may take your
choice as to which room you will sleep
in" The druggist said that on general
principles he would take his chances
with the eveniug-newspaper journalist,
as he would doubtless be so drunk that
he would lie dormantly quiet all night.
He went to bed and was soon sound
asleep. The journalist, however,
awakened about twelve O'Clock, and,
thinking it long time between drinks,
dressed himself, unconsciously, in the
druggists clothes, and sailed out to
make night of it. Ever and anon he
muttered, as he treated all present,
" Funniest thing ever heard of! When
l went to bed last night only had
twenty-five cents to my name, and now
I've got over hundred dollars Tshow-
ing corpulent roll of bills]; and I'm
bound to spend every cent of it before
morning" He Pittsburg Paper.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-01-17
The Wages of Sin.

Few Ohioans whose memory can
cover the past twenty years have not
heard the marvellous stories which ira
dition has connected with Shep Tinker.
Fifteen years ago the name of Shep
Tinker was the bugaboo that sent thrills
of terror through the breasts of refrac-
tory children. Yet though his fame and
name have been for years common
houseword from the Eastern Ohio to
beyond the Mississippi, the real biogra-
ply of this noted horse-thief has never
been written. He is perhaps the only
notable horse-thief who ever retired
from his nefarious calling into the
shades of private life and settled quiet
ly down in the neighborhood of
his childhood's home, where his mis-
deeds were the common property of the
country gossips.
In the year 1908 old John Tinker, the
worthy sire of the illustrious Shep,
whose stock of worldly gear was not as
unlimited as his physical energy, took
it into his Yankee head to leave the
New Hampshire hills and "either find
or make his way" West. Unincum-
bered as he was, he found comparative
ly no trouble in pushing forward into
Central Ohio. He settled at Putnam,
and his honest face, broad shoulders
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-01-17
A Female MOOnshiner.

A STRANGE and picturesque story
comes to us from the mountains of
Towns County.
The authority that we have at pres
ent is the official report of the deputy
in charge of the squad which was in
terested. 1t appears that few nights
ago deputy marshal of Marshal Fitz-
simon's force, with seven assistant
deputies and eight guards, organized
for raid into Towns County. One of
the objects of the raid was to capture
man by the name of Berrony, who
was reported to be "moonshiner,
and the leader of a band of men organ
lied for the purpose of defying the reve-
nue. officers and protecting the hidden
stills of the mountain branches.
The raiding party moved along quiet
". and by nightfall was in the neigh
bsorhood of Berrony's house. They
waited until the party had gone to
sleep, and then surrounded the house
and closed in on the unsuspecting fami-
". Berrony, though surprised while
asleep, sprang from his bed and fled,
clad only in his night clothes. Despite
this light weight, he was overtaken by
the deputies and overpowered and tied.
In the meantime his family had
awakened and come to the door in more
or less confusion, and making a good
deal of fuss. While the deputies were
engaged with the prisoner and the peo-
ple at the door, daughter of the pris-
oner, about eighteen years of age,
slipped out of the back door, dressed
only in the garment in which she had
been sleeping, and made for the mount
ain side with the fleetness OF a young
antelope. She carried in her right hand
a fox-horn, and fled through the night
like an apparition.
A deputy put out in pursuit of the
fleeing maiden, but his boots and
clothes encountered him, and she trip
ming over the sleeping flowers with
hare feet soon reached the top of the
Hill. Once there she turned, and like
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-01-17
A Contest for a WOmau's Hat.

The following episode Of the recent
Seventh Regiment Fair in New York is
reported: heard of one man who spent
$1,000 on raffies alone. The spirit of
rivalry runs high when there is a prize
offered for the table or the lady who
takes in the most money. On the last
night of the fair an illustration of this
feeling occurred. A halter sent up a
case of hats as present to the fair, and
two order-books. The idea of the Or
der-books was that any one could buy an
order on the halter for hat, redeem
able at any time. The fair sold them
for the regular price, and the maker
allowed the trade discount. To make
the game more exciting, he offered q
prize of handsome lady's hat to the
lady who should get the most orders.
Two were found to take hold at once.
One backed out after she had taken
two orders, and handed her book over
to another young lady, transferring the
two she had taken with it. This made
the other lady very angry, and she
called the proceeding cheating" and
told her husband all about it. Like a
good husband he sided with his wife,
and vowed that she should not be
euchred in that way, so he bought two
orders of her himself. This incensed
the young man of the young lady who
held the other book, and he Immediate
ly bought four orders. Then the hus-
band flew into passion, and swore
that his wife should win that hat, come
what may, and he bought more orders
The young man, who could i'll afford it,
did the same. The husband lost his
head at this, and. jumping upon the
counter of his wife's booth, began to
denounce the other side. His friends
dragged him down. Then he seized
pen and ink and wrote off check for
1884, and handed it to the cashier,
which, being a rich man, he could well
afford. The young man was almost in
despair. His young lady begged him
to stop; said that she didn't want that
hat; but his blood was up. He rushed
into the supper room, and found fifteen
men whom he knew eating and drink
ing, particularly the latter. He drag
ged them all out, and they gave their
orders to the young lady. The husband
became livid. "You might as well
give up the game at once" said he,
for l am determined to have that hat
if it takes my entire fortune" The
young man didn't want to give up the
fight, and the fifteen men from the sup
per room cheered him on. BY this time
it was nearly three O'Clock in the morn
lEg, and the authorities interfered and
locked the books up in the safe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-01-17

a new Roderick Dhu, she gave one
blast upon her bugle horn. 1t was
"well nigh worth 1000 men," for as
the echoes of the horn died away in
the valleys of the night, armed men
gathered silently but swiftly to the call
of the lightly-clad but stout-hearted
bugler.
AS rapidly as possible the deputy had
his prisoner dressed, and forming his
men into close order moved off toward
his wagons. He and his men were fol-
lowed by the family of the prisoner,
which was constantly reinforced by the
arrival of mountaineers, aroused and
angry. By the time the deputies had
gone mile the threatening force be-
hind had grown to twenty or twenty
five men, and things looked squally.
When they had reached long narrow
defile the deputy in charge found that
there was large force of men in front
of him, and that each side of the detile
was held by sharp shooting mountain
GERS, who were hidden in the woods.
The force in his rear was pressed closer
on him, and he called halt and began
to look into things. He found his stu
alton desperate. He could turn no way
without encountering an armed squad
and he felt that fight in the dark
could promise nothing but bloodshed
and death. He therefore began to par
ley. The m ountaineers demanded the
release of Berrony, who is said to have
been their leader. The deputy at
first protested and refused, but he soon
found that there were fifty men OPP
posed to him with the advantages of
position. The men agreed that certain
discovered stills should be given up,
but they would not listen to Berrony
being taken away. At length the dep
uty surrendered him, and he joined his
friends in the woods.
The deputies had two other prison
ers and attempted to get away with
them. AS they were marching along
through the dark, some one whispered
to one of the deputies: "Come this
way" He supposed that it was one of
his fellow deputies and moved in the
direction indicated. Suddenly he was
knocked down and bundled up and
pitched into fence corner. The dep
uties discovering his capture, halted
again and held a little council of war.
They were afraid to fire or the "moon-
Sinners" because they supposed the
missing deputy was in their power.
And the moonshiners were afraid to
fire on them for fear of hitting the pris-
oners. The two squads confronted
each other quietly in the dark woods
for awhile, when the deputies silently
but in good order withdrew and hurried
out of Towns County. They carried
off their two prisoners, but left Berrony
behind. .t.'f r
This is the report in substance as
made by the deputy to Marshal Fitz-
simons, The Marshal is not in the city
at present, but we presume when he
returns he will take steps to have the
arrest of the defiant mountaineer made
over again, and made so that it will
stick.-AtlG'atG (GG.) Constitution.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-01-17
Our Wool Interests.

The census of 1910 reported TWENTY
four wooden factories in this country
that spun yarn, and 9,258.26 yards of
wooden cloth woven in families, valued
at S4,413, 600. In 1850 there were 1920
wooden establishments that employed
So, 900 persons, and annually produced
goods of various textures valued at
S43, 100000. In 1860 the wooden estab-
lishments had increased to 1920, en-
ploying $4,000 males and females, and
producing goods to the value of S67,-
800, 900 annually. Owing to the great
demand of wooden goods to supply the
army with blankets, clothing, ETC., in
the rebellion, the wooden factories in
the United States increased nearly one
half in ten years, and the census of 1870
counted 81, 900 persons as employed in
wooden factories, who annually pro-
duced goods to the value of $177,-
900, 900.
With the increase of population the
demand for wooden fabrics continues
about the same, and there are at the
present time about the same number of
mills doing about the same amount of
business as in 1872, just before the
financial panic commenced. But with
the natural facilities for the raising of
sheep and the manufacture of wooden
goods, the demand for wool and wooden
goods in this country is far ahead of
the supply. In the past forty-six years,
or since 1888, the United States have
imported wool, either MANUFACTURED or
unmanufactured, to the value of 81 ,?10,-
100000. For the past four years this
country has imported wool and WOO n
goods to the value Gin the aggfegate5
of $40, 100000, while the export is a
trife. In 1875 the total duties on wool
and wooden textures amounted to $780,
GA, 036, and with the exception of four
years prior to 1913, was a larger rev,
enue than ever was produced in any
one year in this country, or within
100000 of what was expended in
the eight years of Washington's admin
istration.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-01-17
The Proverbs OF Russia.

RUSSIA is country whose name is
now constantly in the mouths of En-
glishmen. Few, however, know much
about it, owing to the difficulties con-
nected with learning its language. Not
many foreigners have the opportunities
OF knowing these people, and mere
tourists are very apt to come away with
wrong impressions. We shall endeavor
IN short article to glance at the peas
antry as they are described in their own
proverbs, which hold the picture up to
life.
One popularity of Russian peasant
life is the joint family system, accord
ing to which the members of family
share common heritance and live to.
gether. This system prevailed in parts
OF England in Anglo-Saxon times. but
it is not favorable to individual exer.
ton, and it leads to family ouarrels.
They find that I" two bears can not live
in one den." The wife particularly
suffered from it.
Inc father-in-law grumbles at her,
Inc mother-in-law abuses her,
The brother-in-law mocks her,
The sister-in-law does her mischief,
The husband is jealous.
Sisters-in-law are nettles.
While some Russian ladies belong to
the class OF strong-minded women and
are advocates of woman's rights. the
peasantry in their proverbs recognize
the distinct sphere of women.
1fyou be cock, crow;
If hen, lag eggs.
Do not trust the wind in the fields.
Nor woman with too much liberty.
The proverbs of Russia, like those ri
1ndla, though treating women with con-
tempt, yet recognize their power in the
domeStlc circle. "She stoops to con-
quer." ~ H
Inc wlie, without beating the husband.
The husband is the head, the wife tho Gov,
OF the house. 'Vui