Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1883-06-06
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

John Taylor, an old grave digger Of
Fayetteville, n. g., was digging grave
recently, when the earth caved in and
buried him alive.
AT Holly Springs, Miss, the cries of
an infant led to the discovery that a
mulatto child had been buried alive. 1t
was found in time TO save its life.
John Taylor, of Gridley, Cal, found
two cove-oyster cans with gold dust in
them few days ago while riding across
prairie land. He sold the dust for
1885, SO.
Philadelphia club men are telling of
a great game of poker, in which Thomas
A. Scott, Jr., lost $43, 900 on four queens,
his opponent, millionaire named
Tucker, holding a royal hush.-Philaiey-
phia Press
"A family of five persons in Port
land, Me-, boarding-house, which was
burned early the other morning, would
have perished had it not been for strong
cord which one of the boys had in his
room, down which they all slid, dis
tance of twenty-five feet.
In recent address at London, Ser
geant Ballantyne told his hearers that
Englishmen have too much of an idea of
their Importance in the American eye,
Tor Americans are people of the most
marked individuality whs will not even
respect what an Englishman reveres.
--Rcv. Charles Fl. Eaton, lecturing
upon Marriage" said: "There are three
elements that combine to make true
marriage--health, love and sympathetic
companionship." There is another little
element that goes great way--a good
bank account York Commercial.
One of the best workmen in a Cali
fornia mine is man who, in 1876, lost by
a fall of rock piece of his skull, cover
ing an area of 34x2l inches. Flesh grew
over the aperture and he is now we'll and
hearty as ever, and carries his skull in
hispocket to exhibit to inqusitive people
who notice the peculiarities of his head
The meanest man on the Pacific
coast is now claimed by Portland, Ore
gon. Some benevolent ladies raised
money to buy stove for poor widow.
The money was placed in the mean mans
hands TO make the purchase, which
he did, but kept the new stove himself
and gave the poor widow his old one
San francisco Chronicle.
For weeks there had been spread
through New Jersey town report that
q ghost had been seen in tho vicinity of
the graveyard. One night small boy
met the ghost. Three days afterward he
died from the effects of the fright which
he had experienced. The "ghost" has
now been proven to be young man and
sheet. Such intense humor ought TO be
punishable by law.-M. Y. SR
-Four years ago a party of heartloss
Southern men caught an alligator and so
bolted his jaws with iron bolts that he
could not open his mouth. They then
returned him to his native element, ex-
pecting him to die of starvation. When
again caught recently his alligatorship
was found to have grown larger, though |
his jaws were closed as tight as ever by |
the iron bolts.-N. o. Piccayune.
The latest story of canine intelligence
comes from San Francisco. A gentleman,
fond of whisky punch, on one occasion, |
after taking his third glass, incautiously |
trod upon his favorite dog, which usually |
lay upon the hearth-rug in front of him
while he INDUCED in his potations. Af.
ter that the dog carefully watched his
master after dinner and the moment the |
second tumbler was finished gravely left
the room.
"A young man in Portland, Ore, was
induced to take a glass of cider with a
new acquaintance. When he awoke from
the stupor produced by the drink he
found himself at sea asan ordinary sailor
and en- route to Hull, England. That
was one year ago. He has Just turned
up pcnniless and sick in New York City,
and is endeavoring to reach his home and
friends. This process of shipping sailors
is called ''shanghaing," and il said to be
carried on to an extent of which the pub
lie is mournfully ignorant.-N. Y. Times.
The publishers of German novel
recently did neat thing in the way of
advertising. They caused to be inserted
in most of the newspapers a notice TO the
effect that certain nobleman of wealth
and high position, desirous of finding a
wife, wanted one who resembed the her.
oine in the novel named. Thereupon
every marriageable woman who saw the
notice bought the book in order to see
what the heroine was like, and the work
had an immense sale.
A strange and fatal disease prevails
among the Chinese laborers on the Cana
dian Pacific railroad in British Columbia
and the recent mortality among the pa
gans is very great. The victim only lives
half an hour after being attacked. The
symptoms are swelling of the feet
and legs, as in case of dropsy, and soon
the whole body is affected. The disease
was known some years ago among the
people of Singapore as "Berrie-berrie,"
and proved very fatal to the Chinese at
that time. Bad food, it is thought, has
to do with it, and want of
vegetable nourshment is supposed to
be another one of the causes Chicago
Times.
"A young man by the namo of Rooms
married into boarding house at Fort
Worth, Tex, and thereafter INDUCED hi.
procliyitics by contributing nothing to
the family support, much to the disgust
)f his wife and her parents. Remon-
'trances availed not, and the other even
ng when he returned to the general dom
ciie he found the gas out and the door
ocked, but by the light of the moon he
discovered his extra pair of boots lying
n the yard. Looking further his Sun
lay clothes, and still further his trunk
we're discovered. Returning TO the house ,
ne demanded an explanation. lie secured
IN AK and smashed in the door and as
aulted his mother-in-law, and for the ,
assault he was arrested.