Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-11-10
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Extensive docks are about to be
constructed at Milford, in Wales,
and as the facilities afforded TO
American steamers will be supe-
rior to those Of Liverpool, it is
quite possible that Milford may
supercede the latter port as the
great entrepot of American trade.
The wall of the ST. Golos, pub
lished of course under official sane
ton, over the grain crop of Rus
STA ends any possible doubts over
the demand for American wheat
abroad. Russia experts, not 40
000,0 "quarters" as the dispatch
es make the Golos say, but about
50,000,000 bushels annually, Of
which from one-third to one-half
go to Great Britain. This export
has remained for years unchanged,
and under the present government
progress was impossible. The sup
ply now collapses altogether, and
the demand from Europe is in
creased by this amount. This
leaves the gap to be filled by
American grain not much smaller
than last year, and western farm
ers, who have been stubbornly
holding on to their wheat will pro-
badly be rewarded by higher price.
Snow-drifts twelve feet deep in
October seem most remarkable,
but such was the reported condi-
ton of things in parts of Dakota
and Minnesota after the late Sc
we're storms
Within the past six years sever
al free circulating libraries have
been established in Japan. The
largest of these, which is in the
CONTIGUOUS Temple at Toxic, con-
tains $40 volumes of Chinese and
japanese works, 5,l62 Of English,
and between eight and nine thou
sand volumes in other European
languages.
In the year 1878 the number of
postal cards used in Europe was
$40, 100000. During the year 1879
the number Of cards posted in the
United States was 246,000,000.
There was a 100000 fire Tues
day in the United States arsenal
building at Benecia, Cal.
\ four-year-boy was found in
Cleveland Tuesday on the railroad
track, weighted down by stones and
heavy railroad tie across his neck.
He was rescued just in time. An
insane woman had placed him
there.
The steamer Nerissa, from Phil
adelphia for Rotterdam, was badly
damaged October so by colliding
with a waterlogged wreck, and
has put into Falmouth for repairs.
Universal suffrage is being agit-
ated OF Milan.
The Kurds are retreating before
the Persian troops.
Ria Pasha expects hourly
fight with the Albanians.
According to Parnell the law of
conspiracy is abolished.
Rye bread has doubled in price
at st. Petersburg, and is very
scarce.
Many socialist families have al
ready been elected from Hamburg
and Altoona.
About 60 marauSers killed and
100 captured by Brazilian troops at
Urubiah, in Bahia.
A subscription for the defense
of the land leaguers has been start
ed by the Freeman's Journal, Dub
lin.
Two contributors to sheet in
Hanover have been imprisoned for
insulting the emperor of Germany.
Terrible accident Wednesday at
Mons, Belgium. Thirteen men
killed by falling to the bottom of
colliery shaft, the hosting appara-
tus having given way.
Silver Lake wooden mill burned
at Milford, Del.
James Banks (colored) convicted
of wife murder at st Louis, Mo.
Another cut among the passen-
ger rates between Kansas City and
Chicago.
John Clarkson and Robert Dunn
killed Thursday by powder mill
explosion at Paterson, N. J.
Railroad collision at Lynn, Mass,
and Z. n. Winters, of lynn, killed.