Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1883-08-01

Elder Richards ofiiciated at the TO n
Congregational church last Sunday, is be
and the Rev. l. II. Riddck will oc- ed b,
cupy the pulpit next Sunday, as the intel
pastor, Rev A. w. Westgatc, will be the
at Cheboygan. of n
.;.loo,5 he onLov The
gave an operate exhibition on the ANU
streets, the latter part of last week. III
He was not the organ man we some brick
times refer to, as he appeared to be the (
somewhat civilized and useful. stree
James A. Mckay, orderly sergeant Oh IL
of the Bay City Peninsulas, was in USED
town the early part of the week, and preSe
of course the Guards did what they pear'
could to make his stay pleasant. mas
in b
The Germania band has recently tho
added fine slver-plated baritone ,;uo
to their stock of instruments. 1t is :
the property of E. &. Howard, who l, :,
has loaned the instrument to the boys. VIM
IT, Cormon;o hand i eorr;sb;ro of Iii
--,.-- has
ihere "e.0 i,'''o U'o' ''s".' agar
clearances of vessels at this port in have
July and eighty-one in June. This nil
does not include the various steam cow,
ers that call at this port, with the ex- ol..a
ception of a few trips of the Pearl. olone
Next Tuesday the Alpena Guards Kell,
will embark on the steamer Keweenaw ton
on their way to the State encampment Th
at Brighton. 1t is the intention of e 20
inc co''''nanu'"s onioei " '"No =" iu,, it wi
and ordinary excuses will Tho ,
not be received. ;.;no
z. M. Knight was called from town HI.
last Monday morning by the news of movi
the death of his father at Crescent, Long
near Troy, New York, and took pas A. b
sage on the Arundel. Hewas accom- boat
panied by his sister, who had been in for S,
this city on visit. the
We learn the Morrssy troupe will wei
give an entertainment this evening, at Or
the opera House, the entire proceeds ford
to be for the benefit of the ST. Ber- show
nard society-the troupe donating Brad
their services, and Mr.. MaltZ the use steer
of the Opera House. was
Nature gave brilliant exb;b;t;on kidn
of her electrical system, in this vicin- the
ity, last Thursday night The flashes louh'
of lightning were incessant and very lat,
vivid OF course rain had 70 intrude scale
its presence as sort of unwecome was
dead head performer. Poun
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Mr.. Taylor, manager of the Wes- e., b
'c'" Nun i'''s'"P'''0 Cin, :, :" '"'' large
city, took advantage of the almost that
cessation of Geographic work, caused kidp,
by the strike of operatives, and went bo in
on trip to Mackinac, leaving by must
Pearl, Thursday, and returned yes il *
terday morning. kidn
The steamer Golden Eagle was 7 to
chartered last Sunday by Messrs. ri
Westrope, Foley, and about 30 others, ~ a
who went to Thunder Bay Island on I'm, ,
picnic excursion, and of course they o, n
had delightful time. The Eagle ex- coul,
tended her trip as far as Sandy Hook, Chic
near Nine-Mile Point. s1 y
Last Thursday the street commits the t
sioner, assisted by corps of laborers, AT Il
commenced the work of taking up rich.
and relaying the Washington avenue one-t
tile drain. Work was begun at the barg
of Washington avenue longs
and Second streets, and the drain will falo
be overhauled as far as Lewis street. feet,
1t is expected that the new brick III I'll
church of the M. f. society, OH CHS owne
holm street, will be dedicated a week 'hou'
from next Sunday. The old M. f. SUI
church, on Dock street, has been sold cost
to the German and Polish Catholics. crew
Tho workmen are bus;lv encaced ot that
present in finishing the inside of the Inc
new church. o"he
We notice from the Pontiac Bill III
Poster that Miss Della Kelly assisted fami
the ladies of Library Association, at Tam
that city, in rendering the play ty, Ii
"Among the Breakers" and took the maxi
character of "Biddy Bean" Miss reasc
Kelly went to Pontiac last week, on same
account of the sickness of Mrs A. bette
Pack, who was there on visit to like
friends ket
Superintendent Kimball, of the L. H.,
$. life saving service, inspected the r. IN.
Thunder Bay station last Thursday. -. :
The inspection included an exhibition s W. :
of the manner of using the life saving .a..
apparatus, and Captain Pearson had 6, ...,
his command so well drilled, that only ~
four and half minutes time was