Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-12-07

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struction Of the Saginaw aud Alpcna
railroad next spring.
The Alpena County Agricultural
Society desires that all parties holding
the bonds Of the society, on which
there is now interest due, should call
at the office Of the Treasurer s. A. L.
Warner, and receive their interest.
The case of Charles Kramer, for
selling liquor without licence, came of
before Justice Henderson on Monday
Kramer being found guilty and fined
$50 and ten days imprisonment. The
case has been appealed to the Circuit
Court.
The amount Of lumber cut at the
saw mill Of C. W. Richardson, this
season, is 100000 feet, which slavery
good showing, considering the length of
time the mill was not in operation last
spring, at the time the dam was car
ried away.
All persons awarded premiums or
diplomas at the last fair Of the Agri-
cultural Society, can receive the pre-
miums by calling on 5. \. l.. Warner,
the treasurer, and the diplomas by call
ing at the office of Hon.J. X, Lockwood,
the Secretary.
The residence Of David Jones, in
the township of Alpena, which was
destroyed by fire on the LIST of Nov,
was insured in the Manhattan Insur.
ancc Co. for $500, which loss was paid
to Mr.. Jones yesterday by Hon. j. X.
Lockwood, the agent in this city,
The steam barge Alpena had her
usual tusslc wifi the bottom of the
river, near the light house, on Monday
afternoon. The Alpcna came off vic
torious after several rounds. This, we
believe, makes q draw game between
the boat and the bottom Of the river.
The electric lights were not lit up
Saturday night, owing to regulator not
being accurately adjusted so as to pro-
duce steady light The lights will
not be liz up again until they axe in a
condition to give satisfaction. IN OK.
pert ha. been sent for from Detroit 10
regulate ths apparatus.
The first arrival at lhis port in 1881,
was on April 10Th, and tha last clear
ancc was on December Jlh,.-making
the season OF navigation y period Of
22l days in length, and the lake yet
unrestricted by ice at date Of writ
ing there is a good prospect Of vessels
yet arriving and clearing.
Friday night the street lamp in front
of the brick block of Bcwick, Com
stock & Co. was lit up by the electric
light, and illuminated that part Of the
city in brilliant manner. The Jump
ing of the lights continued at inter-
walls Of every few seconds. Kerosene
lights looked dismal by contrast.
The steamer Nashua arrived in port
Saturday night from Point ST, Ienacc,
having on board large amount Of pig
iron and fish. At this port she took
OH considerable freight and many pas
sengers, and cleared for Detroit about
midnight, being the last passenger boat
to leave Alpcna for the year 1891.
Mackinaw has new paper, the In
dependent, the first number of which
was issued on November 10, at st. Ig-
mace, by c. w. Hombach and +. p.
Foley, under the name of the Indcpcn-
dent Publishing Go. It is six col
umn, four page sheet, and bears every
evidence of being fully alive to the
interests Of the people III that vicinity,
and is certainly we'll patronizod
Thursday night the stores Of j. +.
Bostwick, Potter Bros IL Co., John
rowe q Donnelly. b. Wolff, W. :.
Richardson, G.. 4. Shannon and b.
Kaichcn were illuminated with the
electric light. The light was Il beau
tiful one and made the ncighboring
kerosene lights in the adjoining stores
look dingy in comparison with the
clear light Of the electric lamp. There
was a frequent Jump to the lights the
first night.
There has been 635 clearanccs ut
this port up to date. This does not
include the mail boats which tried to
arrive daily, or the Detroit steamers,
and but few Of the vessels that carried
cargoes of lumber, ties, posts, etc, to
Chicago, as these steamboats, and YES
sells do not report here The Detroit
steamers only report here when they
make special trip to Alpena, which
is seldom. The arrivals all told would
amount to over 1000.
About three o'clock last Sunday
morning, the clerks who sleep in the
clothing store Of B. Wolff discovered
fire among some dry goods boxes back