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

AT halfpast 8 o'clock Monday
morning an aged couple who had
driven thirteen miles to see the circus
hitched their team near the western
haymarket. When old Dobbin had
been secured they moved across to
the big tent and the woman said:
"Now Perry, don't get excited. A
circus is n circus the world over.
Well go slow, see everything on the
outside, and then jog back hum"
"Mebbc we'll 60 in," replied the
old man.
"Mebbc we won't. You solcmnly
promised me over and over again be-
fore we left hum that you wouldn't go
in, and | shall hold you to it. We'd
look purity in n circus, wouldn't we y
81 didn't promise nutbin' about
sde shows" observed Perry as they
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1883-08-08

A fisherman on the Straits, says the
Benicia (Cal.) NcU Err, after having
hauled most of his net into the boat,
found some difficulty in getting in the
remainder. Upon investigation he found
that an enormous shark had swallowed
four or five fathoms of it, with the
corks, leads and three salmon which 1t
contained After hard fight the
monster was dispatched and towed to
shore, and after being dissected the net
and fish were taken from him. There
was also found within his cavernous in
terror an iron row-lock, several cans of
salmon, part Of u boat-hook, u large
can which had been used rs float for
the end of a net, and n trip-hammcr,
evidently from some pile-driver.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1883-08-08
ALPENA WEEKLY ARGUS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
now IT nc AIS.

"What would YOU doT' ash al the fireman grin
or the sOoiy engineer.
"A the latter turned aud looked at him
With patent sclf-cOupling snccr;
"Nhnt would yuu do IL you Jumped the Z, ek,
With another trim In view,
And found you couldn't stop or back,
Then what dye s'posc you'd dor
"Do! cried the soOty engineer,
With n look of pluck on toast,
"You bet your shovel III stay right hero,
And perish nj my post
Aud tho fireman gnzCd with mute respect
ON his chum, and fell the flame,
And wondered, IL the train were wrecked,
IL he would provo AZ game.
The engine tore the sinrlcss night
Into long, thin shrc,ls of dark,
Aud marked its hcadlong, reckless flight
With many u blazing spark;
And tho engineer on his locker pcrchod,
Looked down ON his humble friend,
Until ON switch the engine lurohcd
And cnntcd end DER cnd
And there, In the broken, stcamng wreck,
Tho lucklcss fireman lay,
With a badly dislOcatcd neck,
And general looa of decay;
And the passengers gnzcd upon the smash,
Where the ditch and the engine bumped,
TO sec the engineer NIL hash,
hut they dldn't-hc hnd jumped!
-Drdhes Trdreiers Magazine.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1883-08-08

edged along with the crowd. Here's
them wild men of Bunkio or Barney
no, or some such place in Europe. I've
allus heard and read of EN-, and I've
allus said I'd see 'em if ever got
chance"
"Perry Baker, arc you dcmented ?"
she asked. "You let met catch you
sneakin' into side-show and I'll
never live with you another day."
The dulcct tones of a lemonade
stand now fell upon their ears, and
the old man was licking his chops and
bearing off in that direction when his
wife checked him with:
"What you after now? faint five
minutes since you swallercd II pint of
cold tea, and you amt bit thirsty
Perry, don't you ever undertake to
sneak out of your solemn promise
The couple got along down to where
the living skeleton and the fat woman
and great contortionist held out, and
the man at the door called OUT
Fright this way, old man. This is
your only chance to sec living man
weighing only twenty-five pounds"
"Im a COMM" shouted Perry in
reply.
"Not rod-not foot" said his
wife, as she seized his arm.
"I'm a-going to see that skeleton if
it takes a leg. It's the fust chance l
ever had, and it may be the last"
But he didn't 90 in. She walked
him aside, lodged two peanut stands,
crawled under three wagons, just
missed the snake exhibition, and held
him up on the outskirts of the crowd
and calmly remarked:
"You promised and promised, and
now you want to break it. Perry
Baker, we're goin back hum, and
when we git out past the toll gate
you'n will have a settlement"
whats the harm in II circus,
Mary?" he argued.
Its the principle of the thing,
It's settin' n bad example and wastin'
money. Come along"
"Say, let's go clear around the tent. ;"
"Not rod"
Lets have one glass of lemonade. "
Not a swallow, Perry. You come
hence"
lie crossed to the wagon with her,
and she climbed in. While she was
lifting herself up he bolted, and when
she turned around he was gone
mixed up with the circus crowd. She
stood up and called him by name as
loud as she could yell until police
man ordered her to stop, and then she
got down and said to boy about IL
years old:
Club, / want you to come with me
My old man has cut loose, and he'll
never stop seeing wild men and living
skeletons and fat women and red lem
onadc as long as he's got cent left.
"How much'll we give?"
T'll give we a quarter, if we find
him. want to steal up OH him be
fore he knows it. | want to find hin
in front Of the only boa-constrictol
on the North American continent, and
| want to open performance which
will discount this circus all holler."
She was last heard of at the door
of the circus. Having failed to find
him elsewhere she was about to pass
in when the ticket taker objected.
"But I'm looking for Perry
Cant help it, ma'am."
81 won't be in only long enough to
lead him out"
Cant go in without ticket,
ma'am-don't get in the way"
won't you find out if Perry is in
there?' she persisted.
Cant leave the door ma'am-bet-
ter get club and wait for him. Fall
back-fall back-tickets on this side"
Detroit Free Press.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1883-08-08

Arthur Rice, aged seventy, has APP
piled for admission to the Brooklyn
alms-housc, In consequence of the re-
fusal of his daughter to provide for his
necessities. He was formerly the owner
of two houses, which he decided to his
wife. On her death she left the prop
erty TO her daughter, with the verbal
understanding that the old man should
always have a home and be well cared
fol-. The daughter excuses her ingrati-
tude by declaring that her father is a
drunkard. brooklyn IN " Eagle.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1883-08-08
"Why do young men remain single ?

"Why doyoung men remain single ?
asks n newspaper writer. An old
philosopher once observed that If
more young men were to marry, there
would be fewer old bachelors in the
land; and the more we reflect on the
subject, the more il strikes us that the
old philosopher hit the bulls eye
Young men remain single because they
don't marry.-The Judge.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1883-08-08

The Toledo Blade believes that
women could manage hotel elevator
better than most of the men or boys usu-
ally employed. II may appear ungallant
tn dispute this, but if woman should
be in charge of an elevator and lady
should enter with new style of hat n
male passenger would run the risk of
being hoisted several stories higher than
his intended landing place before he could
attract the attention of the OPERATOR
BrooHyn Edglc.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1883-08-08

The Tyler (Tcnn.) Indepen,iem is
responsible for the following: "An ami
nal resembling a Kangaroo was killed a
few nights since on the premises of John
Wagner. We are informed by reliable
authority that the animal was about the
size Of largc cat with it, front legs meas.
uring about four inches in length, and its
hind legs about three feet in length. The
most prominent feature of the animal
was its TAIL which measured about nine
foot three inches,
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1883-08-08
When Ira Phillips, a Deputy Mar

When Ira Phillips, a Deputy Mar
shall of Pittsboro, went to an Illicit dis
tiller's house, the other day, to arrest
him, the moonshine dropped quietly on
the floor, stretched himself at full
length, and told the officer to take away
the goods. As the distillcr weighed
800 pounds, the revenue officer was
obliged TO go for help, and when he re-
turned the bird had ilown.-Louisrdlc
Courier-,JOUrHaI,
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1883-08-08

Grace Memorial House, u day nur-
sery for children in New York City, has
been formally opened. The house is
tho gift of the Hon. Levi y. Morton. as
n tribute TO the memory Of his wife,
Lucy Kimball Morton, who died in 1872,
II fronts on Fourth Avenue, and Is inn
mcdiately in the rear Of Grace Church
rectory
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1883-08-08

The silver ore Of the Nevada mines
Is 80 intimately associated with lead that
nearly onc-half Of the miners who handle
it become afflicted sooner or later with
wrist drop, palsy or half paralysis.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1883-08-08
AT TIE
Argus Office

Posters, Handbills, Circulars, Letter e.
Note Heads, Bill Heads, Statements,
Invitations, Programs, Envelopes,
Cards, Blanks, Blank Books,
ETC., etc.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1883-08-08
Fine Job Printing

The ARGUS Office is replete with the
best assortment Of material in all
Northern Michigan, for doing
Superior work. and we can
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-17
A SQUARE MILLION.
The Almbssi House Fire Scares
the Georgia Legislature into
Voting a New state Building.
Special to the Courior-Journal.

ppoolul 10 lhe OOurler-J Ournal.
ATLANTA, August l5.-Tte burn
ing of the Kimball House acted like n
charm on the members of the Legis.
lature, which has dilly.dallied so long
on the bill for the erection Of a new
State building, One hours FIRE. on
Sunday morning, destroyed the largest
building 10 the city. Halt an hour's
fire in the capitol building would de.
stroy all the records of one of the orig
inal thirteen States. The Secretary
OF State has all the maps, records
and State documents scattered around
on the shelves in happy con.
fusion. The touch of match would
be beyond control in FIVE minutes,
Hence, when the members got to-
gether Monday morning it was Rener-
rally understood that the time had
come to crush out the opposition of
other cities TO Atlanta. aud proceed at
once to the erection Of new build
ing, fire proof, where the State records
might be safe. The bill provides for
building Of granite aud marble to
cost 81 0OO,0 900, 100000 to be expend.
cd the first year and $lSO.0OO per year
for five successive years. Other things
being equal, Georgia material is to be
used The building ia 80 DO erected
under the supervision OF commission
of which the Governor shall be
member. The vote to-day was greeted
with applause.
This action settles a singular con-
test, Milledgeville, the old capital OF
the State, being 900 proud to entertain
Meade's minions, the military au hor-
tiles decided to remove the govern
ment to Atlanta The question of
location was submitted to the people
BY the recopstrHctioa convention, and
decided in favor of Atlanta, though
Atlanta voted against herself and
Milledgeville for her. The bitterness
ran on and into the convention of
1871, when the question was again
submitted and again decided in favor
of Atlanta. The tactics of the oppo.
sitipn to Atlanta were then TO pOst-
pone the erection of now buildings,
trusting TO the future for some change
Of sentiment, which might recall
Milledgeville into popular affection,
but the blaze of Sunday morning
showed that there was no time for
play, A spark of fire might destroy
the work Of years, SO they voted the
square million.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-17
Duainrn.

Newspapers have an exasperating
way Of taking up catch word or new.
ly coined phase and working it to
death. The latest is dude" AS used
10 its original and more restricted
sense, the word is bad enough, and
the public is sick of it. But now it
begins to be applied Unfortunately
to all sorts and conditions OF men who
exhibit in their manners or converse
ton the decencies and amenities Of
social life. So that to be called a
dude" by some journals only amounts
to calling man gentleman This, of
course, is shabby way Of treating
people whose good breeding is their
only crime. and is altogether an absurd
performance on the part OF reputable
journals. One paper, for instance, the
other day, in a notice OF much-talked
of recent novel, to mark its dislike OF
the refinement Of the author, intimated
that he was dude" Is itnot about
time that this sort of thing was stop
ped? The word dude" must 60.
1t ought to go; it never should have
come. tits an insipid, meaningless,
silly word, caught up by silly people
and almost forced into common use
like the genuine coin Of old fashioned
Anglo Saxon. At the rate We are
going all the slang of the country will
enter permanently into the language,
and in generation or two hence pure
English will be found only in old
books, but taught. in none Of the
schools. If the line is ever to be
drawn with the view to going back to
the purity and force of earlier stand
ards, let it be drawn at the word
dude" If we can pass that we are
ready to'adOpt the cOmmonest slang Of
thieves and tramps.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-17
POSTAL TELEGRAPH COM
PAHY.
Its Lines to He Quickly Built
MIR. John w. Maclkay a stock.
holder ard Director.
Special to Commercial Gazette.

NEW YORK, August 15.-The
Board Of Directors of the Postal Tel
egraph Company met at 49 Broadway
at noon to>day. Mr. Joel B. Erhardt,
President and Director Of the compa
ny, presented his resignation, which
was accepted.
John W. Mackay, the California
millionaire, who. it is said, has in-
vested halfa million dollars in the
company, was elected to fill Mr.,
Erhardt's place at the Board.
No one was chosen to the Presiden-
cy Of the Board, Mr.. Mackay declin-
ing the position because Of the many
other Offices he held. Vice President
CummiuS said that the company's re
ceipts for the coming month would
undoubtedly show surplus over all
expenses, aud that the company had
sufficient funds to push forward the
system to all important points He
added that the present tariff of rates
would be maintained. One of the
officers Of the company said to>night:
"On Monday last, the day the com
pany began sending messages to Chi
cago, we sent 438 messages. Yester.
day the number forwarded was 1864
and our business is increasing every
day. have been connected with
many telegraph companies and have
built number Of lines for the West.
ern Union, and | have never known a
company to start under such favorable
auspices. We have two copper wires
working to Chicago. Our lines are
built 10 the best manner, and the cost
of maintenance will therefore be much
smaller than other lines. Despite the
fact that we are only transacting bust
ness in the day time, the receipts fol-
the first month will be sufficient t.
pay the running expenses. Every
other new line that has been started
in this couatry has failed to pay ex
penses for the first six months or ,
year. AS soon as the Board of Direc
tors is reorgsnized the work ofpushinQ
the lines to other important points viii
begin. We shall increase the number
Of wires to Chicago; from there extend
our system to st Louis, Omaha and
thence to the Pacific coast. Lines e
Boston, and from that city to Maine
will be constructed, and at the Main,
end connection will be made with the
new cables. We shall also construct
a lins to the South, and shall make
connection with the South Am ericar
telegraph system. Afterward we shall
construct line to Cincinnati, Louis
vile, Nashville and Memphis, thence
running south to New Orleans"
In regsrd to the report that Mr.
Mackay has purchased $500 900 of the
stock Of the COMPANY, the UScer
quoted said that be could not state the
amount, and could only say that the
company had disposed Of 81 ,OOO,O OC
OF stock 10 the last week, of which
Mr.. Mackay had taken large share,
George D. Roberts and H. l.. Morton
being among the other purchasers.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-17

THE State Grange had harmoni,
Gus meeting at MCKenEie Wednesday
aud Thursday, There was a large at,
tendance. Thirty-nine oranges were
represented, with an aggregate actiFe
membership of 1900. An address Of
welcome was delivered by Mr.. Ezele in
behalf of the Mayor. DR.. T. B. Har-
we'll, Master, delivered an excellent
address, which vas we'll resolved, DIR,
John H. Curry and Captain j, W.
Morton, Of Nashville, we're present,
and addresses were made by other
prominent citizens of the State.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-17


Hon. ]. N, Smithee, of Little Rock,
and family are stopping at the Claren.
don Hotel and will remain some days
Colonel Smithes 10 one of the most
elterpriSing and public spirited Citi
MS Of Arkansaw, and has done much
as a journalist and business man to at
tract the attention of capitalists
and intelligent immigrants to the
wonderful resources of Arkansaw.
He lived in Memphis many
years ago, just alter the war, and is
alwayS heartily welcomed by his old
friends.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-17
A HEROIC SACRIFICE.
Commissioned Evans In His
Zeal 10 Discover the Nature Of
Bitters Tries % Bottle.
Special to the COuticr-Journal.

WASHINGTON, August 15.-Com-
missioner Evans has not yet been able
to make up his mind whether Hos
letters Bitters is really medicinal
preparation or only a Triple in dis
guise. Although be is a temperance
man, the Commissioner, prompted by
the spirit of Investigation and inspired
by unsel6sh devotion to Official duty,
procured a bottle of the compound
and fearlessly drank a glass of itin
order to test the effects upon the
human system. Mr. Evans survived
the ordeal and is still able to attend
to his official duties, but that he was
not satisfied with the results of his
experiment is shown by the fact that
bo sent the remainder OF the bottle to
. ~ 0overn neDt chemist and officially
requested bii;a to subject it to a thor
ough chemical anai;1s's and report the
result.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-17

CHATTANOOGA was visited by a
very destructive storm late Wednes-
day afternoon. A number of persons
we're severely injured by flying tins
bars and otherwise, and much damage
was done to property, Houses we're
uuFoofed, chimneys and shapties blown
down, cars hurled over, windows
smashed and the whole town was
shaken like a reed. The wonder Is
that no lives we're lost and that 20
greater damage was done to property,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-17
WRECKED BY WIND.
Pine Bluff Shaken Up by a Young
CyclOne-Buildings Wrecked
or Lsveled to the Ground.
The Loss $4,000 "A Negro WO.
man Killed-A Bad Con.
stable.
Special to Little Rock Gazette.

PINE BLUFF. August l5.-At $50
this afternoon Pine Bluff was visited
by the most violent rain and wind
storm ever known in this section. The
rain poured down in perfect torrents,
and during the storm a dark fuppels
shaped cloud was observed passing
over the city with wonderful velocity.
1t came from the northwest, and pass
ing over the city disgonally, was soon
lost sight OF in the southeast. Those
who saw it say it was about thirty
yards high and did not strike Anything
IN its course. After the storm had
abated it was discovered that the wind
attending the cyclone had caused
CONSIDERABLY DAMAGE
In various parts of the city. The rear
OF the brick buildings OF J. s. Althal
and Pat Murphy, being erected on
West Barraque street, we're blown
down, and several carpenters at work
In buildings near ROWley barely es.
capped with their lives. The tin roof
on Smart's brick, on the corner of
Barraque and East Court streets, was
peeled OF and dumped into the street
all in heap. Parties who witnessed
the freak OF the wind say it was the
work OF an instant. The large frame
building on the river front, used
as an armory by the Garland Grays,
was
SPLIT IN TO,
the rear being completely demolished
and the front careened out of position.
The rear OF Dollars stable adjacent
was also blown down. A frame ware.
house being built by j. H. Talbot on
Lindsay street, was RACED to the ground.
ln the east end Of town On awning in
front OF Wurtzburger's store was
blown down, falling upon a colored
woman named Cora Lee, and killing
her instantly. She was the cook of
Esquire Bows, and had Just rushed
out OF his Office to seek refuge in
Wurtzburger's building, when the
awning fell. A post struck her head
and
SCATTERED HER BRAINS
over the pavement. Several other
awnings were blown down and roofs
badly damaged. 1t is feared that
other sections in the track of the
Cyclone suffered far greater damage
than Pine Bluff. The injury to build
ings here is estimated at $4,000.
ABAD CONSTABLE.
6. W. Lindsay, just in from Cotton
Center, reports that Constable De
lancy attempted to arrest Arthur
Cartwright this morning, and upon
the latter resisting fired at him with
shotgun. The discharge missed Cart
wright and hit colored man named
William Caywood, irAicting serious
and probably fatal wound. Delaney
IS turbulent colored politician, and
Cartwright prominent eoloFed mer-
chsgt ct Cotton pepteE. The cause
OF the attempted arrest ia not known
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-17

SIR DR.. John Rauch, of Illinois,
took another trip to New Orleans
lately, probably to look after the Ma
rine Hospital Service. But he was
soon afterward heard of submitting
to an interview in Chicago. The
three suspicious cases reported at
Ocean View may not have had any,
thing to do with his premature re-
turn.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-17

NASHVILLE Banner: Ex-Governor
A. s. Marks, of Winchester; Colonel
A. S. Colyar and John W. Childress
Of Nashville, have formed partner.
ship for the practice of the law in this
city. This is a strong legal firm
Governor Marks, the new member, il
one of the ablest lawyers q the South
The same may be said Of each of the
other partners.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-17
Wall street.

NEW YoRK, August II, 10 am
Stocks have been strong this morn
lng except for Denver, which was a
fraction lower. Prices advanced II
to II. the latter in Western Union
this stock went up to74a. Oregon
Transcoutinental is the feature in
speculation, spd rose from 66i to g.
la the loan market ! per cent is bid
for New York Central for use.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-17
LiYarnnnI Markets.

LIVERPOOL, August y, " Bacon
Short cs:oar, dull, 42s. Pork: Prime
mess, eastern, steady ,S6s. Lard: Prime
western. steady, As Cd. Shoulders
Dull, 32,. Beef: India mess, steady
97s Corn; New mixed, steady, 5s 6sd
Tsrpontipe spirits, steady, Bis.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-08-17
RIVER TeIegrnms

LOUISVILLE, August l7.-kiver D
feet one inch in the canal and two
feet eleven three quarter inches on
the falls. River falling Business
dull. Weather clear and pleasant
No boats up or down. The CAT,
Granite State, SCheuck, Rainbow.
Pransit and Vint Shinkle were all at
Flint island at latest accounts. There
is only 4 feet at Flint island, and sew
eral boats are stuck there. There is
scant 8 feet at Rising Suu,