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the real seat of the fatal disease"
Several other distinguished and learn
ed practitioners found trouble in the
kidneys, originating in voluntary as
sessments" prescribed by DIR. Hubbell,
but Hubbell declared that it was real
ly the lack of heroic application of
his medicine that allied the unfortu-
nate subject. They were all wrong
and all right The corpse showed all
the symptoms of disease discovered in
the various organs, but it was not any
one of them so much as all of them
combined that caused death. The or
ganization was thoroughly diseased,
and no system of treatment could
have prevented fatal result.-De-
troit Evening News.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

The NJ ayor called attention to the fact
that pigs and other animals were running
at large in the city, doing great damage to
street adonments, etc.
Moved by Alderman Donnelly that the
Recorder notify the City Marshal, Street
Commissioner and members Of the police
force that it is their duty to place in pound
all animals found running at large con-
trary to law, and that the Council expect
and will exact performance of their duty
in this regard. Carried unanimously.
That special committee of two persons
with the City Attorney Ito receive rea-
sonable compensation for their serviccs) be
appointed by the Mayor for the following
purposes; Draft amendments to and make
a general revision of charter of this city,
that in so doing they examine the charter
of other cities of this State confer with
leading business men of this city in refer
ence to proposed amendments and changes,
and that they report their doings in full
to this Council at future meeting.
Carried unanimously.
The Mayor appointed as such committee
Alderman Donnelly, Recorder Mcdonald,
and City Attorney Carpenter.
RESOLUTIONS.
BY Alderman Gebhardt, that upon the
Committee on Streets and Sewers certifying
to the Comptroller that they have located
the tank heretofore ordered corner of
Second street and Washington, avenue he
is hereby instructed to let the work of con-
structing the same to the lowest RESPONSE
bic bidder Carried unanimously.
BY Alderman Donnelly, that the Record
or procure an abstract of title to the south
erly portions of River, Water and Chish-
olm streets. Adopted.
BY Alderman Sheahy, that the Street
Commission cause the tile on hand to be
laid on Long Lake avenue, commencing at
Mill street. Adopted by vote as follows I:
Ayes-Gebhardt, Hayes, Sheahy and Beck.
Nayes-Donnelly Carried.
BY Alderman Donnelly, that inasmuch
as Alderman Spratt will be absent from the
city during registration days. the Recorder
be and is hereby instructed to perform the
duties of member of the Board Of Regis
tration First ward. Carried.
BY Alderman Beck, that Mr.. Buckholtz
be paid the amount due him for building
Long Lake avenue ditch, being $4S. Adopt
ed.
On motion the Council adjourned.
WORTHY l.. CHURCHILL.
Mayor.
A. II. MCDONALD,
Recorder.
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Democratic Victory i'm Ohio.

At the State election in Ohio, last
week, the Republicans were defeated
by the Democracy by majority of
1900. OF the congressman elected
the Democrats elect Il and the Re-
publicans elect s, a gain of 8 congress
men by the Democrats, and which will
give them control of the next House
of Representatives. The Prohibition
lists had ticket in the field, and re-
ceived large gains. The result in
Ohio was due partly to the disapprov-
al of Republican acknowledgement and
corruption, and partly owing to a
large detection from the Republican
ranks who objected to sumptary laws,
and these men, mostly Germans, who
in the past have stood faithfully by
the Republican party and have made
it successful in other years, are now
abused in the worst manner by the
Republican papers. They are spoken
of as the worst elements who will tend
to cover the country with shame, crime
and misery. One of the Republican
papers in this city even says regarding
the effects of the Germans supporting
the Democrats in Ohio, that they will
cause the party they supported to "be
buried in crimson with indellible
blood stains of many happy hearts"
We ask the Germans, who have for
50 many years faithfully supported
the Republican party, to read what
the Republicans say of their brethren
who, at the election last week, refused
to help the Republicans. AS long as
they supported the Republican ticket
they were all right, but when, in the
exercise of their constitutional privil-
eye, they refused to support the Re-
publican party, then they are sland-
cred in the worst possible way, and we
are of the opinion that in the coming
election the Germans will remember
those remarks of the Republican
newspapers.
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Council Proceedings.

The Common Council of the city of AL
pena, met in the Council Room on Mon
day evening October 10th, 1882, and was
called to order at half past seven o'clock
by the Recorder.
PRESENT.. II. Mcdonald, Recorder,
and Aldermen Donnelly, Gebhardt Hayes,
Sheahy and Beck.
Journal of session held October I'd,
1882, read and approved.
The Mayor appeared and took his seat.
COMMUNICATIONS.
From Comptroller, who was heretofore
instructed TO procure new street lamps,
stating that he could not get any like those
now in use, as they are no longer manu-
featured, and that gasoline lamps are now
used in other cities.
On motion of Alderman Donnelly the
Comptroller was instructed to ascertain the
price of gasoline lamps; their probability,
ETC., and report at future meeting. Adopt
ed.
From the Comptroller and other officers,
recommending payment of sundry bills
Referred to the Committee on Ways and
Means.
BILLS ALLOWED.
Per recommendation of City Marshall,
col
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Democratic County Nominations.

The ticket nominated last week by
the Democratic County Convention,
is one that meets the approval of the
Democracy of this county, and with
good reason. The nominations were
fairly made; the various candidates
are citizens, who, if elected, will per-
form the duties of their offices in a
manner that will prove acceptable to
the taxpayers. They are all we'll known
citizens, whose reputation is sufficient
security that they will make good
public servants, and will discharge
their duties faithfully. Many of them
have already been tried in public po-
sitions and have not been found want
ing. The candidates are the free
choice of the Democrats; they did not
seek official honors, and il is a we'll
known fact that the delegates to the
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"Whom the gods would destroy they
first make mad" and we should Judge
from the editorial slush in the Repub-
lican papers, since Ohio spurned Re-
publicanism, that the Republican edi-
tors had fallen under the displeasure
of the gods, for the said editors APP
pear to have gone, not only mad, but
crazy.
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Board of Education.

The Board of Education of the city of Al
pena met in regular session in the Coun-
ell Room on Wednesday evening, Sept. 11th,
1882, and was called to order at eight
o'clock by the Secretary
On motion of Mr.. Slusser, Mr.. Seage was
chosen President pro tenn.
PRESENTATIONS S. Seage, President
pro tenn A. X. Mcdonald, Secretary, and
Trustees Wall, Slusser and Campbell.
Journal of sessions held September 18th,
1882, read and approved.
REPORTS OF OFFICERS.
superintendent, statistical report for
the month Of September, 1882. Ordered
placed on file
The following bills were presented and
allowed and warrants ordered drawn for
the payment thereof as follows
Morse & Dewey, sundres ..............s s IS
WALL 67 90
Lewenberg. Is 90
narrow, serVlces............ Is &c
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
From special committee as follows:
TO he Board Of Education Of the city of
1lpend.
GENTLEMEN.-Hou committee appoint
cd as per resolution, August 9th last, to
procure from the ARGUS printing house the
rules and regulations heretofore adopted by
this Board, beg leave to report the work
completed to the satisfaction of your COM
mittee, and submit herewith 200 copies
the whole amount ordered, and recommend
the acceptance of these rules and regula-
tions as submitted herewith.
III. S. SEAGE
A. r.. MCDONALD,
CONT on Printing
Trustee Potter appeared and took his
seat
On motion the report of the committee
was accepted and their recommendation
concurred in.
The committee were thereupon discharg-
cd.
From the Committee on Examination,
stating that Miss Della Kelly and Miss
Estella Barnes had passed examination, and
recommending that third grade primary
certificate be issued to each of them. Re-
commentator concurred in by unanimous
vote.
The Superintendent recommended that
Miss Della Kelly be assigned to the Camp
bellville school, which recommendation
was concurred in.
From the Executive Committee, stating
that the chain formerly in fence around
Central school grounds, weighed ,34l lbs,
and that the same had been disposed of as
follows:
Sold to w. /. Churchill 40 lbs at 1856
per 100, &26 60
Sold to Potter.Bros. & Co., $50 lbs at
$685. per 100, 20 &C
Report accepted.
The Secretary invited the Board to hold
their meetings during the winter months at
his Office in the Myers block, without COM
pension. Accepted, and on motion of Mr..
Wall, the Board adjourned; next meeting
to be held at the Secretary's office.
H.. S. SEAGE,
President pro tenn.
A. II. MCDONALD,
Secretary.
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REPORT OF COMMITTEES.

Fire Department, recommending that q
water pipe be laid on Tawas street from
Washington avenue to Sth street two ny.
drants) and that the water company be in,
structed to lay the same.
Report accepted and the recommends
ton of the committee concurred in by
vote as follows: Ayes-Donnelly, Geb
hardt, Hayes, Sheahy and Beck. Nays
None.
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If Hatch is elected who is to get
the Alpena post-office? The Alpena
Republican Congressional delegation
did not go to Bay City and nominate
Hatch just for the fun of the thing,
did they?
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ALPENA WEEKLY ARGUS.
Wednesday,, oct. Is, 1882.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
state Ticket.

For Governor
JOSIAH w. BEGoLE, of Flint.
FoI Lieutenant Governor,
EUGENE PRINGLE, of Jackson.
For Secretary of State,
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, Of Kalamazoo
For State Treasurer,
LUCIEN S. CONAN, of Bay.
For Auditor General,
JAMES BLAIR, Of Kent.
For Commissioner of State Land Office
JOHN +. VAN DE VANTER, Of st. Joseph.
For Attorney General,
TIMOTHY H. TARsNEY, of saginaw.
For Superintendent of Public Instruction,
DAVID PARSONS, OF Wayne.
For Member of State Board of Education,
CLARK Is. HALL, Of Barry.
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County Ticket.

For Sheriff,
JAMES L. DENTON.
For County Clerk,
MICHAEL O'BRlEN.
For County Treasurer,
HENRY r. MORSE.
For Prosecuting Attorney,
ALEXANDER r, MCDONALD.
For Circuit Court Commissioner,
CHARLES D'AIGLE.
For County Surveyor,
WILLIAM MIRRE.
For Coroners,
ARTHUR WILKINSON,
JOHN G. CHISHOLM.
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For State Senator, Twenty-Ninth District,
SETH l.. CARPENTER.
For epresentative-Alpena District.
GEORGE J. ROBINSON.
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Ii. *. Of T..

For Cholera, Cholera Morbus, DiarrhGa,
Dysentery, Cramps and Pains in the Stom-
ach, there is nothing equals Bcebe's King
of Pain. Price only 25 cents. Sold by
all druggists. 54Oy1.
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CONGREGATIONAL.
Legislative Ticket

For Member of Congress Tenth district,
ANDREW c. MAXWELL, Of Bay.
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The following bills were presented and
allowed and warrants ordered drawn for
the payment thereof as follows
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Per recommendation of City Marshall,
as follows
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A. II. MCDONALD,
Recorder.
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THE FLORIDA AcRIcULTURIST,

A large eight page weekly, is published here, and
about Florida. We have Bell Telephone line IN
ing on st. Johns river, and railroad from our
with lana grant Of $50 acres per mile. The
pass through DeLand, and will be completed, at
boarding houses afford good fare at reasonable
landing on the arrival OF the up mail boat daily
der by telephone, at other times.
For the information of invalids, we will add, IN
tivating oranges rs business, but afording exec
lowinp
Morning journal and courier., 1882-05-29
Th. WhIte Hanz.Iatl

Washington Letter to Chtcaso Tu1ss-
 Several hundred letters are received every day at the White House They are delivered by a special messenger The correspondence addressed to the President is not opened by him, and 1t is very rare that he reads one of the thousands of letters addressed to him All of his letters are first opened by his private secretary The majority of them are simply referred elsewhere, and never in any form come to the attention of the President It makes no difference how personal pri- vate, or confidential" envelope may be marked, it does not go by the desk of the private secretary unopened. Letters from relatives or intimate friends are sent to the President just as received but all other let ters of a character worthy of being called to his attention are simply ''briefed,'' 80 that the President can see at a glance what is wanted Applicants for office who write to the White House always referred to the departments. It has been the custom of late years to send out to every such epph- cant polite formula, saying that the appli- cation has been referred to such and such department. Some of the simple minded correspondents of the Executive construe the receipt of this formula as one of the most important steps in the Say of securing the desired office. One hsrpy man who recent ly received one of these formulas wrote in reply that his gratitude over the receipt Of the same was las big as an Elefent.' He then added that when he should get his place his gratitude would be las big as Elefenfsn This formula of answer is in reality as full of encouragement as the editors polite gre jected with thanks, " sent under seal with pile of returned manuscript But no amount of ill success has any discouraging effect upon the people who write to the President for information, advice, money or office. Out of the 50, ,O00, 900 of people in this coun- try there is always daily number who flat Al -l.--- al- a1- Zar- good paper, pens and ink by writing to the President
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Exercises i'm Pronunciation.


 Roland and Diana are lovers. Diana was ephemsral but comedy, hypochrondriaca1 but not lugubrious, didactic but not dishonest, nor given to ribald or trueulent grimaces. Her pedal extremities were, perhaps, a trife too large for playing organ pedals successfully, but her heart was not at all adamRntine and her address was peremptory without being diffuse. Roland, on the other hand, was of saturnine countenance at once splenetlc and conductive in disposition, so toat his wassaiis and orgies were almost msniacal in their ef- fects. He was telegrapher by profession, having received diploma from Caius College, but aggrandized his stipend by dabbling in philology, orthoepy and zoology during his leisure hours, so that he was accused of fetich- ism and tergiversation by his patrons. Still his acumen and precedence were such that only 2 misoRynist would discern that he was pirant for the galloHs- His acetic, rather than his ascetic nature, naturally inclined him to visit chemical laboratory, well filled with apparatus to which he had access, whence he often returned with globules of iodine and al- bumen on his caoutchouc shoes, which sub iected him to the risk of numerous alterations with his landlady, virage and pythoness in one, and with the servant, her accessory or ally. Roland had, however, become aoclima- ted to his place, received everything with equibility, reclined upon the divan, where he contemplated the elysium where Diana dwelt and addressed donatiye distiches to her ia the subsistence of raillery.
 There was certain artisan who endeavored to dispossess Roland in the affection of Diana He had sent Diana ring with onyx, chzlce- donic variety of stone, and once hung a pla- card where he knew she would see it from her easement; but she stesdfsstly rejected his overtures. and ogled him as if he were drom- edary. The artisan betook himself to sbsolu- tory prayers, but continued his digrsssionz and inquiries Roland became cognizant of this amour, and. armed with vithe, he in- weighed against this ''gsy Lothario.n n who de- tended himself with faichion until Roland disarmed him, houghing his palfry withaL After the joust the artisan abisctly apolo- gizei, albeit in a scarcely respl2abls condl- tion, then hastened to the pharmscenticaz erie for copaiba, morphine and quinins, and was n seen again till the next MichalmAs. Roland returned on Thanksgiving day, took an inventory of his possessions. which con sisted of large package of envelopes, diSh of anchoyy sauce, tame falcon, a book of acoustics, miniature of 8 mirage, a treatise on the epizootic, stomscher lined with sax- cenet, 6 cerement of sspulture, a eadaver aad a bomb. The next day the hymeneal ritas were performed and she became thencsforEh his faithful coadjulart and housewife.
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sSonrnaI arr0 Courier.
Monday Morning, May 29, 1882.


 Those spectators who have bought oil all | the way down from a dollar to seventy cents 1 barrel, and have been cheering themselves by the prospect of failure of the Pennsyl-
 vania oil wells, were not much pleased when the news came that oil had been struck in Warren county, Pa where none was sup posed to exist and the price of their posses sions went dowr to sixty-two cents barrel. A we'll has been struck which pours forth l from 1000 to 1,5OO barrels per day. A rail road is pushing it's way into the region, and two new "cities" have been laid out where corner lots are held at high figures.
 But notwithstanding this discovery, those who have bought oil are not left without good ground for hope that it will yet be worth something. Mir. Henry E. Wrigiey, of Philadelphia, comes forward and gives some very interesting calculations and conclusions concerning the amount of oil remaining in Pennsylvania and New York. He defines the boundaries of the oil fields, which include the whole of Venango county and parts of eight other counties in Pennsylvania, and Chautauqua, Cattaraugus and Allegany, | them down, ''have been taken broadly to include all territory that could ever possibly come into the question as oil producing" AS they have "been proved by the drill" they may be con- sidered final" He finds also "structural reasons" for this conviction. After setting forth the geological conditions necessary for the production of oil Mir. Wrigley reviews the history of oil discoveries. Up to 1875 the known area was 8, ,115 square miles, and 393 miles had been actually found productive by sinking nearly II 1000 wells. By 1879 more than 15, 900 additional wells were sunk Gre sulting not only in the discovery of eleven more square miles of territory, but in con- demning vast portion of the outside field" As the average life of well does not exceed two and ne-half years, many of these wells have become exhausted. From the fact that large portions of the productive territory have from time to time been eliminated by the thorough searching and working of the region, MT. Wrigley concludes that there are left of 'the lower actual territory" eleven square miles, and of the uncertain 'tcrevice- rock territory" 37O square miles. He then puts the problem in this way It is known that 54 miles of actual territory produced los, ,0OO, 900 barrels. Therefore iS may be es- timated that Il miles will produce 22,0O0,- 900. Of crevice-rock territory, 23O miles produced 46,OoO,OOO barrels, and 37O miles will produce "A, ,Ooo, 900 barrels. The total estimated yield of the future is 96,OOo, 900 barrels, and as the present yearly output is more than 25,oOO,oOo, the supply will be ex- hausted in something less than four years.
 If Mir. Wrigley's calculations are correct, if no more oil regions are discovered and if oil continues to be used, those who buy oil now and wait two, three or four years will make some money. It may be that they would not have to wait even as long as two years
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Price Four Cents.

CT day, while holding glass balls for the five year-old to hit. The captain wished to train the youngstsr to shoot of hand, but got no further than of-thumb.-BoSt0H 1rdHScTipt. Ubiquitous: When Mrs. Homespun heard of the recent assassination in Ireland and that 1t was attributed to the Irish, she e1- claimed: ''Massy sakes! You don't tel me the Irish have got into Ireland? Well, well, believe they're everywhere !"-Bost0H Transcript.
 After the circus is over, the wild beast show is done: First son of toil (ecstatically) That was bully show. Did you see the lion tanner, bey?" Second son of toil- Didn't I? tell you it takes him to be a boss lionl Why, he just knocked that old ioness about as if she had been his wife ir- French Paper.
 A teacher of one of the middle classes of the graded schools of the Central district asked her scholars one day "Can any of you tell me the meaning of mnemonics ?s One little fellow signifed by raising his hand that he was ready to reply, and upon being given permission said: Ut is a kind of rheuma- tism. My old aunt has had him bad ,''- Noraoieh BulIetin.
 maid with the hair that is yellow,
 'Tis time that your home you forsook: Corns over and live with fellow
 By the beautiful skoodoowobskook. And there where the grasses the brooks kiss
 In the pretttest kind of a nook
 Where the swift running SkoodooEobakookEs
 Pours into the Skoodoo Fobskook-
 Our lives like their streams EhsI cornrufusle
 For hesTen no further ve'u look;
 Then cone-it is wrong to live Ein1Ie-
 come to the Skoodoovobekook
 In this lovely terrestrial Eden
 I'll teach you to fish with hook: The fishes are plenty, maiden,
 In the crystalline Skoodoowobskook Our food shall be trout from the wz.ers Which you to your sweet taste shall cock: Come, fairest of Uncle Samfs daughters
 To the banks of the Skoodoo sobskook
 -Selr York .Sts1a.
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labelled as olive oil. For lubricating ma chinery for grinding with white lead and mixing paints, for salad dressing, and in place of cooking butter, this recent production is in extensive use.
 Bird and snake stories are making their appearance The best bird story so far this season is of a colony of sparrsws in Sharon vile, Ohio, who were lately aroused te state of twittering excitement over the con- duct of one of their number who had taken forcible possession of a cosy habitation, to which, in the opinion of the community, he was not entitled. The case was debated at length before a committee of the whole, and as every member was determined to be heard it was not until. evening that conclusion was reached But the moment the hearing closed sentence was executed. The intruder was ejected and as he emerged from his apart ment was riotously hooted by the indignant populace. The next morning he was found hanging dead from 8 alimb of the tree by piece of string which had been wound twice around his neck About noon committee of six sparrows pscked the string in two and the body of the malefactor fell to the ground amid chorus of dismal chirps. If this is true story the Ohio spsrrows must care more for the forms of law than Connecticut spar ronu dO