Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1882-01-04

seen by the aid of tallow CANDLE
Cheboygan Democrat. What's the
use of going to the expense of buying
a candle, neighbor, when you can sec
them much better by the aid of the
eye.
The first Of the winter series of mat
inee hops took place at the Opera
House on Saturday afternoon. This is
II move in the right direction, and will
tend TO enliven the coming winter sea
son. The matinee hops will take place
weekly.
Robert Stovel, farmer living in the
vicinity of Hubbard Lake, died sudden
" about seven o'clock Thursday even
ing, in this city. About an hour pre-
vious to the event, the diseased, to all
appearances, was perfectly well and
healthy.
Afford +. G.. Babcock and Miss
Winnie NJ. Sylvester, of the township
of Montmorency, so we understand, are
to be united in the bands of wedlock
to-day, by Rev. j. A. Mock, and it
must not be whispered until the affair
takes place.
Alex. Mcdonald will, the coming
spring, build two new brick stores on
River street, in rear of his present
brick block The stone for the founda-
ton is being piled up in the street in
front of where the building will be.
Johnston Woods, of Long Rapids,
and well known in this community,
died last week at his residence, after a
long illness. He was buried on Sat
urday from the Trinity church, the
Rector, Rev. J. A. Mock, officiating.
The deceased was thirty three years of
age.
The Alpena custom house officer re-
ports the shipment of fresh fish from
this port last season at 200 tons.
The amount brought to this port
from the Duck Islands and then ship
ped to lower lake ports, is go tons of
fresh fish and 1000 packages of salt
fish,
We have noticed a number Of boys
on our streets, each with sleigh at
tached to dog And aside from the
heavy burdens the small dogs were re-
quired to pull, the dogs were frequent
ly beaten in most cruel manner. Is
there no law to put stop to such
cruelty?
Geo. L. Maltz, Mrs. Bowring from
Detroit, who has been spending the
holidays with Mr.. Maltz and Mrs.
Comfort-her brother and sister
Miss Cora Maltz, Mr.. and Mrs. j. b.
Clayberg, Hugh Hunt, Miss Field and
M. Davis will leave town OH the stage
tomorrow morning for Detroit.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. +. Rice entertain.
cd at their residence over Christmas a
large company of friends from Alpena,
comprising Mr.. Rice's two sons, James
and Albert, with their families, and
Miss Efie Scott, daughter of Sheriff
Scott of Alpena county; also Mr.. and
Mrs. Joshua Brown and son Charlie
Harrisville Review.
Last Thursday Willie Potter, at the
lumber camp of w. Fl. & Z. X. Potter,
received very serious wound from the
accidental discharge of a rifle. The
ball struck the inside of the left arm
traversing up the fleshy part Of the
arm, came out near the shoulder. For
tunately no bones were broken. The
sufferer was brought to town and is
under the charge of DR.. Maiden.
The shore people will be tickled
to death to learn that one of the Bay
City and Alpena mail steamers is to
have bran new smoke stack.-Che-
boygan Democrat. Are you sure there
is no mistake about the new smoke
stack, because if tits true, tits pity tc
use q bran new smoke stack for such
a purpose. A coat of paint on the
paddles boxes would be sufficient.
We return thanks for copy of thu
third annual meeting Of the North
western Michigan Press Association
The pamphlet contains the names o
the officers, and members (forty-si'
newspapers being represented), thu
constitution, and n full and interestin;
account of the meeting; what the edi
tors did; where they went; togethe
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