Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1883-05-23

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Mrs. +. w. Gilchrist is visitin,
friends at East Saginaw, having takel
passage on the steamer Arundel las
Saturday.
Just received, new stock of cloth
ing and gents furnishing goods, Il
Nathan's clothing store, near thu
bridge. 6l3.
III. III. Wittleshofer has improved
his residence with coat of paint
and placed new sidewalk in front o
his premises.
David Lincoln has placed nea
picket fence in front of his lot, OF
corner of Washington avenue ant
Fourth street.
Miss Kittie Corbin, who has beer
residing at Bay City for the past two
or three months, returned to this city
last Thursday.
The price paid for raising the Minor
Lumber Co. steam barge Westford
from her sunken position near De
troit, was 81 800.
The scow Alpena unloaded 10000
bricks for Bewick, Comstock d Co.
at their wharf near the bridge, the
early part of the week.
Mrs. VIM. b. Constock and family
returned home last Saturday, by
steamer City of Cleveland, from their
visit to relatives near Lakeport.
The new refuse burner at the Prem
tiss Lumber Co. mill is nearly com
pleted, and adds another bottle look
ing monument to the city scenery.
c. f. Mason and Charley Steele
took passage on the steamer City OF
Cleveland, last Sunday--the first for
Detroit and the second for St. Clair.
Casper Alpern started last Satur-
day afternoon, by steamer Flora. on
trip to Toledo, and he expected to
be home tomorrow by the same steam
er.
The May breezes this year may be
salubrious, but they are too much
tinctured with cold to be welcome.
People do not want to be too salu-
brious.
w. ID. Hitchcock returned home
Thursday morning. Mrs. S. Z. Hitch
cock and Miss Farwell will not re-
turn to town until the weather is more
favorable.
A post of the Grand Army of the
Republic is to be organized at the
Armory tonight. All veterans of
the Union army in this city are request
ed to be present.
On her last trip up the steamer
Flora was obliged to leave some forty
tons of freight, she being unable to
bring it ON that trip. She had also n
large passenger list.
When you are thinking of buying
in the line of stoves, tin or
don't forget that Harshaw
always keeps good supply, and sells
at bottom prices for cash.
Chas. b. Warren has had his resi-
dcnce on Washington avenue raised,
moved nearer to the street, and the
are at work putting stone
under the same.
House bill No. 3S2, Incorporating
the public schools of the township of
Maple Ridge, has passed the Michi-
gan House of Representatives by a
vote of 81 yeas to three nays.
b. p. Jacobs, from Otter Lake,
Lapeer county, has recently set
tied ON piece of land in Wilson
township, with the intention of making
a home for himself and family.
Mrs. M. Mccartney went to De-
troit last week, leaving town last
Thursday, by steamer Pearl. Her
trip was for the purpose of taking her
daughter to the Detroit hospital for
treatment.
Lieutenant Jackson T. Burthwick
has declined to accept the Office Of
first lieutenant of the Guards to which
he was reelected last week, and to-
night the Guards are to elect an Off
Ger to take his place.
Owing to the enterprise of n. I'll.
Epsteyn, the one price clothier, this
town was flooded with three foot rules,
which were given away to those who
applied for them. They are worth
keeping, and will prove very convent