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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-11-19
Marine Clearances.

The following steamers and vessels
cleared from this port during the past
week:
November 10Th.
Steamer Metropolis seth trip, Bay City.
Steamer City of Macknac, 55th trip, Detroit.
Steamer Atlantic st. Ignace.
steambarge Yosemite, $4,000 lumber, sandusky.
Barge Tyson, 100000 lumber, Toledo.
Schooner Maize 1921, 900 lumber Toledo.
Schooner Casey, $4,000 lumber, Cleveland.
November 18th.
Steamer Arundel, s5th trip, Bay City.
Steamer City of Cleveland, St. Ignace.
Steam barge VIM. Cowie, 230, 900 lumber, Sandy.
st. barge II. Stewart, 10000 lumber, sandusky
Barge Sonora, 32O. 900 lumber. Toledo.
Barge Stewart, 900 lumber, Detroit.
scow Aunt Ruth, 10000 lumber, Detroit.
Barge Lady Franklin, $4,000 lumber, Bay City
November 18th.
Steamer Metropolis, s7th trip, Bay City.
Steamer Atlantic, 30th trip, Detroit.
Steamer City of Cleveland, 6lst trip. Detroit.
Barge Harmon, 3io 900 lumber, Huron
Steam barge Hall, 100000 lumber, Cleveland.
November 18th.
Steamer Arundel, seth trip, Bay City.
Steamer City of Mackinac, st. Ignace.
Steamer Flora, st. Ignace.
Schooner sipplican, 10000 lumber. Detroit.
Barge Monitor, 5000 lumber, Detroit.
Barge Light Guard, $4,000 lumber, Sandusky.
Barge Russian, 800, 900 lumber, Cleveland.
Steam barge Westford, 225O 900 lumber, Erie.
November nth.
Steamer Metropolis, ssth trip, Bay City
Steamer City Of Mackinac, seth trip, Detroit.
Schooner snowdrop, 10000 cedar posts, Buffalo.
Schooner Bruce, 100000 lumber, Buffalo.
November 18th.
Steamer Arundel, s7th trip, Bay City,
Steamer City of Cleveland. st. Ignace.
Steamer Flora, Sind trip, Detroit
November 18th.
Steamer City of Cleveland, 62nd trip, Detroit
Steamer City of Mackinac st. Ignace.
The lumber shipped went to the fol-
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ricd New York, Indiana, New jersey,
Connecticut and the sixteen southern
States they have 219 of the 40l
electoral votes; have majority of
the popular vote, and will be inaugu-
rated next March. Enough glory for
one day.
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N COMMON GOODS,

For the everyday wants Of every-
day buyers, we have the largest as
sortment to select from, and parties
desiring such goods need look no fur
Their as our prices are always the low
est and our goods the best. Persons
visiting Detroit will find pleasure and
profit in spending an hour or two at
our rooms, and they are always well
come whether wishing to purchase or
not. Seeing is believing and we are
certain that careful examination of
our goods and prices will make us
new friends in every part of the State.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-11-19

Never neglect a constipated condi-
ton of the bowels, or serious results
surely follow, such as piles, and i'm
pure blood. Use Burdock Blood Bit
tiers,
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TreaSurer'S Notice.

All parties having taxes TO pay in the township
of Alpena, are hereby notified that i will DO at tho
office Of the township clerk, in said township, on
each Friday during the month of December, 1884,
for the purpose of receiving taxes.
JAS. A. MCDONALD,
G93 Township Treasurer
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the custom house, are as follows:
Board Of Education.

The Board Of Education of the city of
Alpena, met in regular session in the Sec
retary's Office on Wednesday evening, No
vember 18th, 1884, and was called to order
at 8 o'clock by the President
PREsENT.-A. Harshaw, President Jno.
S. McVicar, Secretary, and Trustees Potter,
Dewey, Gjorud and Bruno.
Journal of session held October 9Th, 1884,
read and approved.
COMMUNICATIONS.
From Elma f. Perkins, of Addison Hill,
n. Y, applying for position as teacher in
the schools. Accepted and ordered placed
on file.
REPORTS OF OFFICERS.
From the Superintendent, statistical
report of the public schools for the month
ending October oath, 1884. Accepted and
ordered placed on file.
To tic Hon. tie Board of Education Of the
city Of Apena:
CENTENNIAL would respectfully report the
suspension of James McIavish for persistent dis
Obedience aud refusal to conform TO the reasonable
requirements OF the school.
Respectfully,
J. w. SMITH
Moved by Mr.. Dewey, supported by Mr.
Potter, that the report be accepted, and the
action of the Superintendent concurred in.
Carried by vote as follows: Ayes-Potter,
Dewey, Gjorud and Bruno. Nays-Nonc.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
From the Finance Committe, recon-
mending the payment Of the following
bills:
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Have you taken q cold? You can
cure it promptly by using Ayers Cher
ry Pectoral.
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Also commission dealers in all kinds of
FARM PRODUCE.
BOTTOM PRICES.

Chisholm Street, near Alpena House.
Store formerly occupied by John Goyrow.
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Moved by Mr.. Dewey, that the report be
accepted, and warrants ordered drawn for
the payment of the several bills as recon-
mended. Carried by vote as follows; Ayes
Potter, Dewey, Gjorud and Bruno. Nays
None.
From the special committee appointed at
last meeting, verbal report stating that
they had built storm houses at Central
building, and asking further time to devise
fire escapes. Report accepted and further
time granted.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
nv Trustee Gjorud.

BY Trustee Gjorud,
Rcsolced, That the Secretary be and is
hereby instructed to advertise for sealed
proposals for furnishing $50 cords of four
foot body beech and maple wood, TO DO de-
livered on or before the LIST Of March, A. ID.
1885. Carried by unanimous vote.
Moved by Mr.. Gjorud, that Mr.. Keys
salary be raised $40 month for the four
months commencing Dec. LIST, 1884.
Amended by Mr.. Potter that his salary
be raised s. month for the said four
months. Carried by vote as follows: Ayes
Potter, Dewey and Bruno. Nays
Gjorud.
The question being on the original mo-
ton as amended, the same prevailed by
vote as follows Ayes-Pottor, Dewey,
Gjorud and Bruno.
On motion Of Trustee Dewey the Boar.
adjourned.
A, HARSHAW,
JYo. S. McVIcAR, President,
Secretary.
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The most varied and complete as
sortment ever offered in Michigan.
We have enlarged and rc-arranged
our Immense Warerooms to meet the
wants of an increasing trade and can
now offer purchasers BETTER sELEc-
TIoNs and LOWER PRICES than ever
before.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-11-19

We have also large line suited to
all wants and prices, lower than ever
before.
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The following steamers and vessels
cleared from this port during the past
week
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-05-11

his opportunities for money-making
had he been corruptly disposed.
have been good. THE HERALD hae
ever entertained q high regard for
Governor Ax'elI, az a man, but at
the same time has never thought
him a proper psraon for office. He
is one of the men that the Repub
lican party feels it must provide for
out of the public crib, and the fact
that he is not successful as q gov
ernor or judge is chargeable to bis
party rather than to him.
1t is qui'e probabls the judiciary
committees report will have the
effect of bringing about his removal
from the New Mexico chief justice
ship; whether an ADLER man will be
appointed remains to be seen; Ger.
tainly no better or purer person will
be given the place.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-05-11
AXTELL AGAIN

The House committee on judi
ciary that has been Investigating
the charges preferred last winter
against Chief Justice Axtell, has
presented a report, the substance of
which is that the judge is not cor
rupt but is incompetent. This COW
ers the case fully. There has been
no time during the past ten years
when such a report would not have
been proper in respect Of the old
man and within 1.-THE time be has
been Governor of Utah, Governor of
New Mexico and chief justice Of
the last named Territory, neither Of
which places he should have held.
It is a singular circumstance that
his many enemies in the two Terri
tories have never hit upon and
intelligently presented the right
cause as to his unfitress for Office.
He has been among the most
abused of the horde of men who
have held and do hold federal posi-
tons in the dependencies; he has
been accused Of corruption, of brib.
cry of ingratitude, of vindictiveness,
of viciousness, Of immortality and so
on without limit, and he has been
investigated If not tried on all these
accusations and as should have been
the case "acquittals'' were uniform !;
if in the first instance he had been
simply fairly tried on the charge Of
incompetency, there would have
been a verdict against him.
Governor Axtell is chronic Office
holder; out OF on Office he is out OF
his element, and in one he doesn't
know how it should be conducted;
but 1t is simply preposterous
to speak of the kind, simple. hearted
old man as being corrupt. or bent
on doing anything that his con-
science and intelligence do not
teach him are absolutely proper.
Whatever errors he has made In
any Of the positions he has held
have been through not knowing how
to do better, and not from improper
motives; for while The has held Of
fee e considerable portion of his
life, and is a man without extrava-
giant habits, he is yet poor. whereas
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-05-11
HUNTING THE "AS ISL

"Did you zee my husbands valen
timer" asked one well.dressed lady c
another in Walnut street Car, yeatel
day.
IN; who sent it to him.?
II, OF course; but it was heauti
ful."
I'm what shspeT"
SIT va an AS Is. ."
Ten minutes later a Times mar
was walking through Wanamaker's
depot.
Have you any AS Ises," asked
the reporter at the china counter,
courageously.
81 don't know. Have we?" asked
the girl, turning to another sales
woman.
"You mean damaged china?"
Eyes, bisque figures with an ear
of or lock OF hair gone; anything OF
that kind"
"DOwn in the basement"
Certainly, we have several desira-
bic bargains" explained the clerk,
courteously. "Many things on all
this counter are plainly marked, as
you see, AS Is.' That's the way the
lady got the name for the articles she
bought. I think / remember her,
because she declared the purchase
was to be sent as la valentine to her
husband. She bought large Dresden
figure for 500 that had been reduced
from $75, because a button wa of
the coat and flute in the peasants
hand had been broken. She bought
it AS Isl the defects were carefully
pointed out to her. He'll never know
shat the fellow had a flute she said.
Seriously it was a great bargain ard
will make very handsome mantel
ornament"
Inquiry was made at the plate
counter and the fact was there learn.
ed that ladies almost daily examine
all the pieces of china that are ex-
posed. They search for nicked or
Clipped rim and, it they find one,
they turn to the salesman to ask:
How much of for this one?"
The clerk then explains that the
injury is very triiing or almost I'm.
observable unless locked for.
"What kind of answers do you
get?" as e1 the reporter.
Various" wss the diplomatic re-
ply. Zone lady will cay, Indeed,
my cook can break them readily
enough another, Pm surprised
another illogically, I wculdn't have
a Clipped plate in my house, but if
you'll put that half dozen in at 81
I'll take them,' aud many equally
curious remarks"
81 have constant calls for eighty
damaged china and bric-a-brac,"
said Mr.. Grif6ths, in bis store on
Chestnut street yesterday. "There
is large bowl, for instance, which |
is worth $40, but which has small |
crack IN it that renders it unstable |
10 any but art collectors. Do I have
calls for 'As Isi' Yes, indeed. Here
10 lot of them. They are not |
damaged, but have been marked
Town because they are out of fashion
Or unstable. The idea is rather a
clever one for the ladies. but 1 think
he dealers are down to it now and
can see as far into the trade as the
purchaser Philadelphia Times.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-05-11
THE ART OF STORY TELLING.

Any man desirous OF being enter.
tanning in discourse will discover, on
observing those of his acquaintance
who make Themselves particularly
agreeable in this line, that their
faculty of telling a.story or snecdote
well largely constitutes their strength.
Mere monologue such ss Coleridge
INDUCED in is apt to be tiresome, and
even Macaulay was at times toe
didactic, but no one wearied of Sir
Walter Scott or Washington Irving,
and Gown of Ohio was delightful by
reason OF his CHI rm as q raconteur,
There is no simpler or more whole.
some pleasure than that of genial
conversation, ard more people could
be pleasing takers if they would only
study the elements OF colloouial
recreation, and especially nots the
part which a well told story or apt
anecdote bears in relation to the real
enjoyment of social conference. To
tell a story well is Lot 30 easy SO it
appears on the surface, but the
ingredients Of pleasant narration are
within the reach OF every ore of
average sen:ibility, q sympathetic
disposition, a keen perception OF
lights and shadows land some art OF
speech. How admirably Mr.. Lin.
coin and Franklin enforced good
sense with illustrative parallels. y
The French are very happy in
the department of delicate humor.
and tell q small story with peculiar
grace, IA long-Winded tale is q nuis-
ance. The chief matter il: to seize
upon the salient features and soigroup
them as to bring about q refreshing
surprise at the close, This is an art,
but it can be readily acquired by one
who desires to please and who is will
ing to save conversation from tagging
or becomingi insufferably tedious.
Life itself presents the fields in which
the engaging talker gathers his stores.
Books only furnish an incidental
reini roement.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-05-11
all other reasons, can afford to stop
one OF the greatest wealth producing
elements under its government.
TERPSICHORE.

The goddess of dancing has in a.
most every age of the world received
the homage due her station and Cal /.
ing. Her devotees representa- their
actions what has been beautifully
styled in modern times the poetry
of notion" and tbs d slgnation is
not inaptly bestowed, FIR certainly
9 more graceful thing than dancing,
when it Is graceful of course, could
not well be devised by fallen man.
But it ia like vergthing else that
ia useful or beautiful; the very fact
that it can impart gracefulness to
the "human form divine" also as
sures US Of the fact that it can be
made the means whereby persons
utter and innate lack of grace are
developed, and his efforts to prac.
tice it but expose his deficiency In
that respect. A man or woman
may be as good as or better
than those who excel them
in that particular, but the fact re>
mains unchanged that it is very
pleasing and even at times useful
exercise.
Sometimes the art is prostituted,
however. It too frequently is the
case that dancing is made the means
of creating improper impulses and
feelings in man, by exhibitions OF a
character which can have but that
result. For instaD ce, a dlpiay OF
female nudity as corps de ballet,
while always attractive, as current
history shows, is not necessarily
moral or elevating. 1t cannot be
denied that drapery is an impedI~
ment TO the extremely agile daL Ger;
but it would seem as if even this
might be dispensed with and ab-
solute nakedness avoided. There
is a reason beyond that above set
forth for the absence Of physical
concealment in the ballet dancers
of the period; it is, that style
of cost ume, or rather absence
Of costume, gratifies certain pru-
RENT taste in every large commun-
lty and "draws" better than any
other kind of exhibition. The same
thing is illustrated in the case of
such papers as the Police Gazette
and Salt Lake Tribune; by appeal
ng to the merely animal part OF
they gain class of pat
,onage which pays because it is
yratified and sticks because it finds
Is greatest pleasure in that res
,ource.
We have no objections to urge
against the practices engaged in
lnder the auspices of the tabled god
less; but we do object, moderately,
,ut firmly, to it when Son with the |
lance" means soft with the cloth
n.y."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-05-11

elf l could gather up all the use.
less profanity that I have dropped
along the pathway OF life I would
remove STUN bling blocks from many
inexperienced feet, and at the same
time tighten my own heart a ton. ,,
says Professor David Swing, the
famous preacher Of Chicago. Most
inexperienced feet would prefer the
stumbling blocks to such metaphors
as the above.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-05-11

AN OGDEN doctor is out in a let
ter proposing the names of Blaine
and Murray as head and tail of the
Republican ticket. Other Ogdenites
are respectfully informed that the
doctor mentioned has not exhausted
all the combinations. For instance.
there are Conkling and Lawyer
Brearly, and Arthur and Dilley.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-05-11

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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-05-11

PHGBE COUzINs, the pretty and
talented woman lawyer, and charm
ing suffrsgist of st. Louis, is out
for Butler for President. Ben has
generally been presumed to be a
but in view o; Miss Cou-
zins' conduct it is evident she
doesn't agree with the mob.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-05-11
SPRING..

There can be no more just cause
for pleasant thoughts and momen
tary flights of fancy than that oul
valley is fast assuming its most
beautiful garb. After the winter
months and a disagreeable, wet
spring we are now INDUCING in
those bright days which cause vege-
tation to spring up and rapidly dis
pei that gloom which, like a pail,
hangs over hills and slopes during
the colder months of winter. The
fruit trees are putting forth their
fragrant blossoms and as the cool
winds Of morning and evening blow
through the trees they come
laden with that fragrance to fan the
cheek and cool the heated brow
leading the mind, in p easant trains
Of thought,to wander out among the
orch ards, which bring health and
prosperity to the people. Every
succeeding spring properly brings a
spirit OF Improvement to the hearts
of those who are thoroughly inter-
ested In the welfore of this beauti-
full land. Many new houses are in
course Of constr uction, and homes
are being made on every side, which
greatly add to the strength and
beauty of our rapidly extending city.
These whose business it is to inn
prove the streets and put them in
proper condition are doing
good work, and as rapidly
too as the ci'y's fund will admit.
Businecs, though less bright than it
would have been hal the railroad
war Of last winter never occurred,
is not go dull as to cause any appre-
hension ; people who desire employ
ment can ind it,though the demand
is not very great. There is an
abundance of water in our great
natural reservoirs which fact i'm
plies much and makes certain an
abundant harvest. Let those who
have not time for aught else con-
tinue to whine about the dull times
and as We have already said times
will be duller with them while those
who go earnestly to work with
view to making times good by
honest labor ard industry will de-
monstrste to their advantage that
the times are right enough and that
discomfort often has more to do
with the dullness of times than we
are willing to admit. The antici-
patton Of a cloudy shy places us
urder tl)ud and there we remain
until the cloud comes, when we
fancy owing to our morbid DISPOSE
ton, that the mist has been with !
us all the time and say to ourselves
sfdidn't 1 tell you sol" This is all /
wrong, for while it is proper to pre-
pare for storms 1t is de cid~ |
eddy foolish to say in the |
early spring-"we shall have
storms next winter. Many points
indicate continued prosperity, and
law demands that there
shall be an increase in all classes of
trade and industry. Let each one
endesvor to make his share of bust.
ness pleasant by care in contracting
debts and care in the payment Of
them when they are due. For our
as individuals, cities
or States are as We make them,
and We alone are responsible. for
We shape ourselves the joy or fear
OF which the coming life is made,
And fill our futures atmosphere
With sunshine or With shade.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-05-11

ELLA WHEELER, the Wisconsin
poe,ess Of passion, liz married, which
shows that she has not written
rhymes in vain. 1t is hoped that
this ev Mt in her career will not in
duee her to quit writing.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-05-11

"Did you zee my husbands valen~
tine?" asked one weli.dressed lady OF
another in Walnut street car, yeater-
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-08-01
Gov. Curtin's Friend Buckley.
Ratchet,

One of the best old time unpublished
stories on Ex-Governor and Congress
man Curtin, of Pennsylvania, occurred
during the war. Gov. Curtin was des-
ignated in aconvertion tomake a speech
and desired to make q strong, hot and
pertinent attack on the Cameron faction.
What bothered him was how tt make
the assault most positive. Aleck Nc
Clure, who was in with Curtin, suggest
ed that the best plan would be to have
some representative man in the audience
ask q question and thus afford an OPP
portunity for an answer covering the
project. Mcclure selected a well-known
sporting man and ''rounder" of Phila-
delphia, Buckley" Neale by name.
Buckley" was very much elated by the
honor and prospective Importance of
his position, and prior to the calling of
the convention attired himself in the
best suit Of clothes, purchased a tall
silk hat, and located himself in the
most prominent part Of the hall. The
signal for him to make the inquiry was
p~reconcerted; it was when Alex
hICSluio WOulu Wlpe Ills lace
with his handkerchief. Gov. Curtin
commenced his speech, continued, and
was frequently warmly %applauded, the
audience being enthusiastically his
friends. Buckley was buried in OBJ
livion to all things except Alex. Nc
Clure, upon whom he had his eyes fas-
tened as intensely as those of the An
cient Mariner. At the fitting time the
handkerchief came out end Alex. mop
ped his face. Up jumped Buckley"
and. pointing his finger Burke-like to
Curtin, in ringing tones he cried out:
Gov. Curtin, can / ask you a ques-
tion?"
Certainly, sir" was the gratifying
reply. Certainly, sir, as many as you
like, and"
"You blank, blank, blankw howled a
dozen voices. Watcher mean by try
ing to break up this meetin'?"
And before ''Buckev" could explain
a mob was on him. He was Knocked
down, the floor swept over him, and de-
spite his prayers and p~rotestations that
"Aleck Mcclure told me to do it." was
slugged, kicked and fired out of 1.-THE hall
amidst n most tumultuous uproar.
Several hours later "Buckey' h~atless,
coatless and covered with blood, mud
and rags, was seen diminishing around
the Continental Hotel lookin' ''for that
sucker Aleck MickLure which put up
such q bloody snide job on me-"