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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1882-07-19
.HANCERY SALE.

In pursuance and by virtue of decree Of the
Circuit Court for Alpena county in chancery, made
and entered on the 9th day of May, A. ID.
1876, in certain case therein pending wherein Ly-
man Sylvester and Selden Flanders are Complain
ants, and Thomas Woods is Defendant,
Notice is hereby given that will sell ut public
auction to the highest bidder ut the southery front
hallway of Johnson's brick block, on Water street
in the City of Alpena, County Of Alpena, Mich.
gan, that being the building in which the Circuit
Court for the County of Alpena is heidi on the
Twelfth day OF August. A. ID. 1882,
scribed parcels of land, to-wit The n Q = of W
"a of Section 10, Township 81 North, of Range
East the W 4 of nwH of Section 81, Township
32 North of range East and lots II and is, block
49, according to the recorded plat Of the Village
NOW City, of Alpena, all of SAID lands being III AL
pena County, State OF Michigan.
JAS. A. BOGGS,
Circuit Court Commissioner for Alpena County
j. u. TURNBULL,
Solicitor for Complainants. 56Sw7
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1882-01-14
4 Pretty western western Romance. Rn nee.

I
A brother and sister have met after a sepa-
ration Of twenty years, and the meeting has
been brought about in Davenport by the little
son Of the sister in most peculiar way. One
week ago yesterday the raft steamer Clyde
went into Davenport on her way North, and
Captain Douglass tied up his boat for awhiic
in order to permit some of the crew TO go
ashore and make purchases. Among others
who went ashore was Aaron Carter, RATS
man. The weather was very cold, with keen,
northwest wind. q While going along the street
Carter met poorly-clad little boy who was
running along, crying bitterly. Carter asked
him what was the matter, and the little lad
sobbed out: "rm eold.n "Come with me-"
said Carter, and, taking the boy toa clothing
store, he bought him suit Of warm clothes
and pair Of mittens. He then asked the boy
his name. ,'' Aaron Dunlap, yves the reply
Carter was thunderstruck. Aaron Dunlapw
he cried. "Where are your 5father and
motherlr "Father is dead,n the boy replied.
"Well, take me to your mother, then, as
quickly as You ean,' said Carter, The boy
took him to his humble home and when Car
ter entered the house the boys mothcrrushed
into his arms with shrek that made all the
other occupants Of the tenement house rush
| into the hall to see what was the matter.
| Carter had found sister whom he had not
seen since the year 1862, when he went to war
with Maine regiment, ,-DGyeaport Dsn0erdt.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1882-01-14
Completion Of the Alpine Tunnel In
Colorado.

The recent completion of the Alpine tun
mel by the Denver, South Park IL Pacific Rail
road Company demonstrates the daring ma
ture of the nineteenth century engineering,
and in addition thereto the tunnel is an OBJ
iect of interest as work of no ordinary char
acter. Through the courtesy of Superntend'
ent C. w. Fisher and Chief Engineer Evans,
the Neus has been enabled to present the fol-
lowing facts regarding the huge artificial
cavern.
The tunnel Is situated in Alpine Pass and
pierces the great continental backbone. The
summit Of the mountain is also the boundary
line between Chaffee and Gunnson, Counties,
entering the tunnel in the former county
and emerging in the latter, The town OF Han
cock is situated about three miles to the east
of the eastern entrance, and Pitkin, emlles
away, is the first town encountered while jour
neying westward. ,li- Ha9A ul
The elevation of the tunnel was one OF the
serious obstacles encountered while perform
ing the work eAt ali altitude OF IL ,5A 1eet II
| enters mountain whose crest is l2OOO teet
| above the sea, and constant changes were ne
cessitated among the workmeii, lor only the
most robust could endure the effects OF that
rarified atmosphere. From the eastern en-
trance to the western exit the tunnel is LIS
feet in length, while its height Is Is feet, with
width of 16l5 feet. .-.,....,,...4t
The work was commenced about two years
ago and 1t was pronounced hnsleu on the
second day of the present month. Whlle the
| benefits accruing from the work TO the rail-
road company warranted the expense, 1t was
nevertheless expected or anticipated that ore
veins or bodies would be encountered, ANY
homes of such nature were not realized,
however, for throughout its entire length de-
composed granite was the predominant char-
acteristic of the rock. The interiors; ilnished
throughout with California red wood, and
when completed the aggregate cost oil the
work was found to be S20S,00O BY means OF
the tunnel Gunnison and all points westward
are brought eighty miles nearer 10 Denver,
while the disadvantages accruing from con
slant warfare with the SHOWS are greatly
diminished. as snow sheds for ashort distance
from either end Of the tunnel will protect the
track and permit uninterrupted transit wnen
this would not be practicable we're the road TO
traverse the labyrinth of canyons necessary 70
gain the desired point. ~
To certain extent railrOading at very hlgn
attitudes is even now experimental ana tht
difficulties to be surmounted are more serious
than would be imagined from nasty glanc'
, at the subject. Shorter. curves and steepe
curves than were deemed practicable ten year
ago are now constantly and advantageousi)
employed by the mountain roads, ana thlhk
ing men are beginning 10 appreciate the al
> vantages To be derived by employing tunnei
as a saver of distances, while the danger Iron
foods and SHOWS incident to the trayersing o
Water-course canyons are an Important tacto
In the estimates embodying the original cos
and the repairs, ,-DeHger Nelg
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1882-01-14
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

THE Guiteau case was opened on the
7th by Mr.. Davidge. He read the prayers
Of the Government, which ask the Judge to
instruct the jury that If the prisoner knew,
at the time of the shooting, the difference
between right and wrong he was at that time
sane and responsible. Mr.. Porter made
something of stir by reading Judge Davis's
charge TO the New York jury in the Cole
man murder case. Mr.. Scoyile impatienlly
objected to any more such dramatic efforts
to influence the jury. Mr.. Reed opened for
the def nse, citing number OF cases, and
submitting that the question of what consti-
tutcs insanity was one Tor the jury to de-
eide.
STATE, an employee in a Boston
banking house, attempted to kill his en-
ployer with a revolver. He was intoXica-
ted.
EIGHT men and boy were seriously
injured by terrific mine explosion at Brad
ford, Pa. Thomas Parry is missing and
thought to have been killed. The only
names ascertainabe are Edward Gatlcs,
! Reumbach, Burns, Kline.
j. +. WATKINS & Co., Pettes &
Leathe, Shorb & Boland, St. Louis, lost
$3.50, 900 by fire Jan. 7. Insured.
G. P. EATON, of ST. Louis, was
drowned while skating at Waltham, Mass.
THOMAS and Joseph Boyd, uncle and
nephew, quarreled over a family lawsuit al
Sweetwater, Tenn, and the former lost
his life.
JULIEN SCOTT, prominent citizen O
Scott County, was drowned while attempt
ing to ford the Emory River, in Morgan
County, East Tennessee.
n. C. OLSEN, a drunkard who wa:
.o5ering up in Chicago police station
hanged himself in cell. He was a car
penter by trade. He leaves wife and fiv
children.
} JOHN P. BAUR, manager for tn
American District Telegraph Company q
Washington, d. c., was shot by Hcnr
Roeth. aged 16. whom he had discharge
for disordcrly conduct. The wound is seri
Gus.
. THE Havemeyer & Elder sugar rt
refinery, Brooklyn, n. Y, burned to tn
, extent Of million and 4 half.
Mckenzie, Sharkey, and an unknow
a companion, aged about Il, broke throug
!, The ice at Charlestown, Mass, and WEI
# drowned.
q j. II. SMEDLEY, Lell-to-do membC
l. u an oil firm at Bradford, Pa, placed III
!, muzzle OF shotgun in ID mouth aud bic
If his head Of
!, AT Indianapolis, Oit) Hess, aged /.
d shot and killed Til'ie Zscheck, aged 10.
- Louisville, Ky, D. Henry, agcI -, fatal
n shot Con Appel, aged 10. Both aceidenin
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1882-01-14
A Down.Hill Fight. 20 %


One Of those curious and dangerous epi
sodes that characterize the ininerslifei in the
snowy mountains of Colorado was brought to
the attention Of the reporter Yesterday, Tom
Cox and Jim Null are two miners working far
up on the bleak, snowy slopes Of Mount FL
bert, near Twin Lakes They sleep in a tent
near the mouth Of Golden Lode, in which they
we're working all night, when they went into
the tent for the purpose of going to sleep
One Of them got i,ibcd and, envclopmg him
self with the blankets, was snug gand comfort
able and drowsy In momcnts The
other, not in so great hurry, noticed that the
melting snow was dripping through thercofof
the tent and right where he had to slcepe He
couldn't stand wet couch, and, arousing his
companion, asked him TO get up so that the
bed might be moved to q position where the
melted snow would not touch IT, His sleepy
partner growlcd out a refusal There was
hot reply, and in less time than ID takes to
write IL the two men'were engaged in fierce
personal encounter, They were both clad in
their night shirts alone, and a small tent is but
limited space for two angry men to ighteach
other in. They had hardly clinched before ono
carried the other through the front flaps OF
the tent.
Right here It is necessary to say that the
tent was pitched on the fearfuly steep slope
Of Mount Ebert, and there wasn't more than
two feet Of level ground between the front OF
the tent and the precipitous slope Of the
mountain. This slope was covered with four
feet of soft snow, and It extended down for
1000 feet before there was resting g-place. In
the fierce fight between the two miners they
were carried down the dizzy slope, and, with
their hands upon each others throats, they
went whirIing down the mountain like pair
ofbowlders. They had gone but short dis
tance when anger vanished in the presence of
A possible death, and each man tun ed his
attention to the paramount work of saving
his life. Down they went along the fear
full slant of the great mountain, and at each
revolution they sunk in the soft snow
sometimes head first and sometimes feet
first. They were paralyzed with fright and
no sound escaped their lips. The, further
down they went, the greater the momentum
OF their bodies, and when about 500 feet from
the point where they started, they bounded
in the air and alighted in snow so deep that
they stuck fast. After arduous efforts they
managed TO extneate themselves and get back
to their tent, bruised and bleeding and their
Quarrel healed. No matter, what the. future
has in store for these two men, they will
never forget the time when theywerewhirling
1 down the snowy slopes of theeontinental di-
, vide of North America, and snow drift saved
them from landing |, 800 feet below, in a con
dition in which none but the Coroner and the
9 undertaken would feel any practical interest
5 in them. They are the best Of friends now,
and will, doubtless, continue 3sos@ 4LcadcN'
Chronicle. .. .a-ta f.ft,rF .rt
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1882-01-14
FORTY.SEvENTH CONGRESS-.

CONGRESS reassembled on tho 9th. bn the
Senate, bills were introduced: BY Mr. An
thony-Topromote the efficiency of the Navy;
nv Mr.. Maxey-To increase the efficiency of
the signal Service Of the Army; by Mr.
Pnn,b9To provide for the disposition of a
norton of Fort Uaycs Military Reservation,
Kansas. In the House, Mr. Orth rose 70 n u
I,,,estion of privilege, stating il grew out OF
ind affecting the recent appointment OF com
mittees of the House. Before stating the
Guestion specifically, he said; 81 ask indul-
gencc to announce that II Is my purpose tt an an
,ctinn proposition TO change tue method oil
selecting committees. The vast and dlVersi
fed interests of the country are all more or
less affected by Congressional legislation, i anG
exclusively controlled by the action OF the
committees. For this reason their formation
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1882-01-14
One of the chiefs Of the band

One of the chiefs of the band of
brigands who captured Mr.. Suter last
sprinc near Salonica has come to an un-
timely end. He entered a guard-house
in the district of Kassandra and asked
for a cup of coffee. The Zaptiehs, how
ever, instead of giving him the coffee,
requested him to show his passport. He
sidled to the door of the guard'house
and then took to his heels. The fugi-
tive, seeing that capture was inevitable,
drew a revolver from his belt and sent
a bullet through his heart. On search
inc his body the Zaptiehs were reward
ed for their exertions by finding =
watch and some rings belonging to Mr.
Suter.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1882-01-14
Marine Disasters.


The Detroit Marine NeDs recently printed
the following summary of marine disasters ON
the lakes for 1881:
The total number of marine disasters on the
Northern lakes in 1881 of u prominent charac-
ter will not vary far from l,O52, an increase OF
SO over 1890 In the foregoing compnation
none have been included below the sum OF
800. The total loss on hulls and cargoes at n
close estimate amounts TO $2,0l9,0O0. Forty
seven craft have passed out OF time, steam
and sail and IS new have been commissioned,
The lost craft embrace 137S5 tons, which Is
9.glS less than last year; valuation, 1854 ,OOO
The new craft embrace o. ~ tons, an II increase
over 1880 of 1901 tons valuation, S02, $40. The
number of deaths from all causes is 5G3 one
less than last year. In this list is included 22
lives by the loss of the. Victoria, near London,
Ont, and taking in. this number, the total Is
about the same as in 1880. rf ,r|
The total number Of lives lost upon the
ocean so far as reported will reach nearly
1000
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1882-01-14

THE business of New York for the
year, as exhibited by the returns of the
Clearing house, reached the unprecedented
total Of $40, ,40Q, 100000.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1882-01-14

Columbus, Co., 1O5; Thomas Crafty, Rockville,
Conn, Ill; Mrs. Judith Hathaway, Duxbury,
Mass, lOe; Betsy James, Nashville, Tenn,
lOl; Hannah Cox, Hulderness, n. H., 100;
Margaret Kane, Williamsburg, N T., l0l; Mrs:
Sarah Moseley, Madison, Ind, Ill; Gabriel
White Piqua, o., 100. ..i
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1882-01-14

IT is authoritatiyely stated that Hon.
John C. New will be sent to succeed Foster
at St. Petersburg.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1882-01-14

THERE is a prospect of general
strike by the pudders in the various rolling
mills in the middle district of Pennsylvania,
extending along the Susquehanna River for
nearly fifty miles, unless their employers
advance their wages.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1882-01-14
Crime.

The following summary includes the nuhs.
ber of murders committed in the Unitea
States during the year 1881, as reported by
telegraph, and their causes so far as they can
be ascertained OF course this includes only
a part of the whole number, as many murders
are not reported. The list is as follows:
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1882-01-14

TIE Secretary of the Interior has in
structcd Indian Agents that they have pow
er to put twhite) intruders off the reserva-
tions, and may call on the military to assist
than
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1882-01-14

THE President will send special
message to Congress pointing ont the neces-
sty for immediate legislation looking to the
suppression of small. poX'
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1882-01-14

UNDER the Presidency of Thomas
Davis, a company has been organized in
Boston to build steamships which are ex-
pccted to cross the Atlantic in less than n
week. Nearly 100000 stock has been
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1882-01-14

REDUCTION of public debt during
December last, Sl2,793,723.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1882-01-14

SENIOR ROMERO has been appointed
by the Mexican Government as n special en-
yoy, charged with power to negotiate a
treaty OF commercial reciprocity with the
United States. Senior Romero has been re-
peatedly Secretary Of the Treasury in MeXi-
co, and he has lived many years in this
country as Mexican Minister. He is pro-
rrpSsiVp man
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1882-01-14
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary of Important Events

p GEN. BREWSTER has assumed charge
Of the Department OF Justice.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1882-01-14
Suicides.

The following Is a list of the suicides COM
mitted in the United States during 1881, and
their causes, the list only including those
which have been sent by telegraph to the
T,.iL0fns.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1882-01-14
Great Disasters of the Year.

Below we print list of the great disasters
during the year, with accompanying loss Of
life, both in this country and abroad. The
summary includes only those which have been
by telegraph, and is as follows in the
I1nitad Statps. Y... '. ..I|.. fI.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1882-01-14

A COMMITTEE appointed by Secretary
Folger, assisted by thirteen gentlemen from
the Treasury Department, have begun to
count the money in the United States Sub
Treasury at New York City, preparatory to
action OF the newly appointed Treasurer
taking possession OF the office. The COM
mittee will have to count about 800 tons Of
silver, amounting to about $26, 100000.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1882-01-14
Railroad Disasters,

The year 1881 has been comparatively free
from great disasters upon railroads in this
country, though the loss of life by minor ac-
cidents has been very large, and much larger
than the telegraph announces, as 1t brings
but few details Of railroad destruction. The
principal disasters have been as follows:
' Liues Lost.
Killed by passing train at Middle Creek, =
NeD .,..........': 80 ..:'.'''s;,xyy'
Postal-car thrown from track at Tioga, NY. o
Collision ON Northern Pennsylvania Rail
road. d.................'.-. -. ,'.,'''r.':'
Train wrecked on Hannibal st. Joe Rail-
road. .........,. ..........-... .....';.
Train wrecked on Denver g. Rio Grande
Railroad. .;;...;;;;..;. Z
Train wrecked on Northwestern Road (Rock
Island Divsion) at Albany, Il............ 3
Collision on Texas Pacific. ................... .
Collision on Kentucky Central. ..............
Collision on Wabash Railroad. 4
Train wrecked on Louisville, Cincinnati Il :
Lexington Railroad. ad..................:..,.,
Collision on New York, Lake Erie Il West
ern Railroad. .;...'. y
Collision on New York & Erie Railroad. ....
Collision on New York & New England Rail-
Gang of convicts run into by train at Cor 80
sicana, Tex. ..............'.'''' %
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1882-01-14

The total number of persons killed in vari-
GUS ways by railroads during the year as re-
ported by telegraph to the Tribune was l,O4Ti
of serious injuries, 527.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1882-01-14
Lipes Lost.

Lives Lost.
Burning of tenement, New York. l9
Boiler explosion, Allentown, ,Pa.............. 13
Burning of as,Num Scrqnr1n, Pa............ u
Sinking of ferr> ,os.. F1gin, nl............. 10
Distilery explosion, Peoria, Iu.............. "a
Forest fires, Michigan. .........
Sinking of ferry-boat, Atlanta, Ga........... "
Fire, Philadelphia. ...:......,........ ~
Sinking OF ferry-boat, Troy, N. Y ............ III
Explosion on steamer West Point. .......... ~
Burning of poor-house, Dover, N. H........ ID
In addition to these detailed disasters we
have prepared the following general summa-
ry of the loss of life in this country by wind,
water fire eynlosion and other causes:
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1882-01-14

TESTIMONY in the following contested
election cases has been prepared and sent to
the printer by the Chairman Of the House
Committee on Elections: Gillelt VS.. Hern-
don, Strabach VS.. Herbert, MADISON VS..
Oates, Smith vs. Shelley, Bisbee VS.. Finley,
Ander, on VS.. Reed, Buchanan VS.. Manning,
Lynch vs.. Chalmers, Lee vs.. Richardson,
Mackey VS.. O'Connor and Smals VS.. Till
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1882-01-14

IT is believed that the present Con-
gress will pay more attention to war claims
than the last. There are many which may
be termed legitimate war claims, North and
South, now before the Committee, a num-
ber of which were pending before the last
and previous Congresses. Among these is
the Pennsylvania war claim, known as the
border claim, in which is involved some
SO, 900. This is for damages done and
property taken by the Union and COnteder
ate troops in the Gettysburg campaign, dur
ing Lees raid in Pennsylvania.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1882-05-27

come in. Her children tea ,1s for the
poor, hali-frozen creature and took it in,
fed it and cared for it.
The kitten mas dark sgray-just the
color Of Gussies new oyerccat- (which
pleased the little fellow much, and he
carried it around with him and petted il
until Cousin Louise called him 10 get
ready for their homewafd ride. Then
Gussie asked il he might take the kitten
home.
Cousin Louise said she thought not,
but Cousin Helen, finding that the little
boy had quite set his heart on having
the little kitten, told Walter and Charley
they had better give it to Gussie, and
they readily consented, as each had cat
Of his own, and they took care Of this
one only out OF pity. ,esa I
This being settled, the next thing was
how should they carry Miss Gray2 But
Gussie. who was never at loss to find
ways for carrying out his plans, thrust
the kitten into his overcoat pocket, and
there she was as snug as you please,
with lust her ears and one paw showing
above the pocket; and these were so
nearly the color of the coat that one
could hardly see them.
Kitty seemed quite contented in her
new lest, and Cousin Louise concluded
Gussie might carry Miss Gray home with
him; and after the good-bys were said
the party was soon packed into the sleigh
AGAIN. and home was soon reached.
Miss Gray was not smothered,
as Cousin Louise feared, but came
out Of her snug nest as warm and
lively as kitten could well be.