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The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-01-18

some idea of the degree TO which
gambling is carried on in this country
may be may be formed from the state
ment that the sales OF Gil ut New York,
Oil City and Bradford Pa, amounted TO
4.249, $40. 900 barrels-more than q hun
.dred times the entire supply OF oil In
the world, During the last three months
the sales have been S~f0,OOO,OOO barrels
at New York, and 7S0,000,O 600 at Oil Cty'
and Bradford. Transactions nominally
involving quantities ofanv other articles
several times in excess ofany possible
supply cannot have any otherthan a dis.
turbing influence on business and
finance, especially when moneyed instr
tutions, as il is charged, loan their funds
for the encouragement of such proceed
ings. The men who sell or buy what
they know they have not in their pos
session, and cannot obtain, as it has no
existence, do more harm to the general
community than avowed gamblers.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-01-18

as an infants. But his parrot-like nesaa
and hiH keen twinkling eyes deprive Il
Of the innocent expression it ought ia
have. He is q very well-balanced, well.
polished looking man. He gives good
dinners, il he did come from Oshkosh.
Perhaps the wealthiest woman in ah
world is the Russian Gran l Duchess
Catherine, widow Of the Duke George
of Mecklenberg-StreliN. She inherited.
through her mother. one-half of the s
ulous wealth amassed by the Empress
other half having descended 10 the
reigning family. The Grand Duchess
makes good use of her riches. She is not
only q patroness of science and art. but
maintains at her own expense several
hospitals in st. Petersburg, pro-
viding also for talented young physicians
with means for scientific journeys and
investigations. Near her palace she has
established an eating house for indul-
gent students.
The st. Louis Post Dispatches CORE
spondent at Washington says: Before
leaving Washington, Mrs. Sherman.
wife of the General, added another
name to her long list Of Catholic con-
verts. This last convert, like many
others who have been influenced by
Mrs. Sherman, is q Young lady with q
rich papa. The Young lady is Miss Wes-
ton, of New York, daughter OF the own.
er Of the Portland Flats, The family.
for several years, have pissed their
winters III Washington; rhas ara Uni,
t~arians, though liberal even Tor thai
sect. 1t is a great grief TO the family
that the daughter is converted to
Roman Catholicism, and like most con
verts, especially young lady converts
Miss Weston is more devout than Ia
most rigid Roman Catholics, who hay
been brought up in that faith"
The full name of the late Greek pro.
fessor of Harvard college, who died re-
Gently at the age of rs years, was Evan
ghnus Apostolides Sophoctes. He was o
native of Greece. He was a graduate ..
Amherst college, and one of the most
! expert classical scholar in this
country. Besides performing his 5egu-
lar duties in Harvard, Professor Sophie.
Giles prepared and published several ed
ucational works on the Greek and allied
languages which have been widelr ac-
copied as of great merit by the teachers
of the country. Of late years his duties
have consisted in giving instruction to q
lew studeats in modern Greek and de-
livering lectures on Pindar and ether
representatives of the earliest Greek lit
etature.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-01-18

Sergeant Mason, unable TO resist the
ssisaofing vicr or a snowman, has at last
displayed the stuff he is made OF and
placed himself on exhibition as one OF
the ~"cuTiosities' in a cheap-museun.
lie was 9 much more edifying spectacle
wheR ounfined in the penitentiary. 1t
Do to be hoped the sentimental persons
who subscribed to the fund for Betty
and the Baby" feel satisfied now. The
money seems to have been mainly spent
by Betty in adjoining herself with gor
geous raiment, while Mason turns his
.notoriety into merchandise. 1t is a
cheap-iohn affair altogether, but very
tsuching to a class of people who are al
ways looking for something to excite
kheir eeRsibilities.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-01-18
CONTRADICTION.

NY lady's lips, so curved, so sotts
Have dealt to me n cruel MO-
Now shall /, thus deniei and scofted,
From out her beauteous presence go'
Not so--Pr0ud lips. your lovely scorn
Within my breast shall plant no thorn
Till deep I've gazed meath lashes black
Which hide her wondrous eyes from me,
And in response there flashes back
A 81 nee which shall my answer be:
Curved brows are lips whence arrows ny
To wound, to rend, NAV hap to slay;
Deep wells are eyes where truth doth lie
They will 10 me her heart betray.
Dark, tender eyes, your light denies
The proud lips curve. All, rapture lies
Within those pure, clear depths for me,
Net snowy lid. nor jetty lash
Can longer hide the flow II flash
OF loves tide yelling full and free,
Red lips, to naughty knocking ienI
From @ Continent.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-01-18

There are thousands of bills now be-
fsre congress and thousands more to
come. Members do not expect to pass
ten o even five per cent. of them, and
freeIy admit that nearly all are "for
bunbOmbe-" e. just to delude conf
ding constituents with the idea that
heir member" is wide awake to their
aterests and has an enviable position
sipsn the floor of the bouse-when in
reality he does not amount to but veg
sitt4e in aaeh an assembIage.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-01-18
The wife OF .Mr. speaker,

Mrs. Carlisle was present. writes a
Philadelphia Press correspondent, ITO
SEQ her husband assume his new digni-
ties. and sat with several other Ken.
lucky ladies on the front seat Of the gal.
lery reserved for members families,
which for several years past as been
IN the Democratic side. Her initials
ire the same as her husbands; her full
anne, Jane Goodson Carlisle. As the
laughter Of Major Goodson. Of Coving-
ton. she sSas one OF the bellies OF Ken
lucky, and rich enough to marry where
be- heart inclined. She Is an elegant
Woman. with tall and supple figure, fair
md wRvy brown hair, blue eyes, and d
lear, well-moduIAted voice. She talks
veil, and has IS much of that III efina-
10 quality called presence az any lady
sae meets here. and much graciousnass
with It. She has been q favorite in her
" rightsduring the four years b II hus-
and has been III congress-, and her
Wednesdays receptions at the Riyq
louise, which she has decided not t6
egin till JfSEdary, are snre 10 be among
The leading attractions b ftAe winter
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-01-18
PersonaI Mention.

III. J. Ramsdell relates in the Phil
adelphia Press some of the incidents of
the late James w. Bosler. He saws:
Such universal mourning ] never saw.
Onthe day Of the funeralth picturesque
park in which his magnificent house ia
situated was thronged with people, rich
and poor, high and low, men, women,
children. In the house were Che rel
atives of the deceased and the distin.
guished persons who came to pay the
only tribute they could pay to the man
they loved. / have no wish to parade
their names. A choking sensation was
felt In every throat when Mr.. Blaine
burst into tears AS he looked at the face
Of his dead friend. 1t was the eaddest
scene ] ever saw. Al thousand per-
sons said when his name was mem
toned: HE Was the best friend / ever
had"
Thefus Sawyer. n Of the Wisconsin
senators. Is callei the lumber king, says
q Washington writer. He has made a
fortune in lumber, and is now adding
another TO 1t. There ne stands, viii.
his hands in his pocket, right In the
middle Of the middle aisle. He is the
Brer Tarrypin Of the senate. He's as
broad as he is long, although he Is we'll
shaped. He has q perfectly round
head II Is perfectly smooth on top. His
fringed hair Is perfectly white. So is
his fringe Of beard. His face u as fresh
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-01-18
A Tenderfoot at tombstone.

From the Middletown Transcripts
A few days ago a flash young man
from an eastern college arrived at Tomb
stone, Arizona, and registered his rame
at the principal hotel. A socially in
clined person in a blue shirt and wide
rinmed hat, who CHANGED to be in the
Office, good-naturediy answered every
question and volunteered a vast amount
81 interesting information HDuut Arizona
in general and Tombstone in particular.
"Do you see them hiIls7" asked the
Tombstoner, pointing through N ofthe
office windows. ''Well, them hills is
.chock iull of pay dirt"
The young man from the east hooked
shocked.
''My dear sir" he said. proudly, but
kindly, ''you should say those hills are
mot, them hills ISL
The Tombstoner was silent for 8 mo-
ment. He looked the young man from
the east critically over as If he was esti-
maiing the size Of coffin he would wear.
Then drawing out al yory--tocked sew
en- shooter of elaborate style and finish,
lie said in a soft, mild, musical tone Of
voice that sounded like a wildwood
brook c~oursingo'er its pebble bed: MY
gentle unsalted tenderloot from he land
of tie rising sun, this here's a pint that
you and me disagrees on and we might
as well have 1t settled right now. / have
not looked in a grammeT lately but think
them hills is is correct. and Pm going
to stand by that opinion while I've got a
shot left. I'll give you jest three MINI
utes to think calmly over the subject, Tor
you probably spoke in haste the first
time, and then I'll hear your decision
The young man from the east looked
down the delicately-cliase barrel OF the
revolver into the placid depths of the
eye of the Tombstoner and began TO feel
that many points In grammar are I'M
certain and llable to grow more so.
Then he thought of the coroner's in
quest and of the verdict, came TO his
death by standing in front Of Colorado
Toms seven-shooter,.' and of the long
pine box. going east by express with 500
charges on IL, and before hair the three
minutes was up lie was ready to acknow-
ledge his error. "Since he had thought
1t over calmly" he said. She believed
that them hills is, ia right. fie had
spoken on the spur of the moment, ne
ADDED, ''and begged a thousand pardons
for his presumptuo1s effort to substitute
bad grammar for good"
The Tombstoner forcave him freely,
and, grasping his hand. said:
II know'd you'd say you was wrong
after you thought a moment. / admire
o man who gives r ght in without argu-
ing when he knows he's wrong. Como
along and irrigate." And they irrigated.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-01-18

The chairman of the House Commit
tee on Territories says he does not think
there will be any bills reported from the
rs~amittee this session for the admission
Of a new states. All the traditions OF
ble democratic party, he says, are against
the admission of new states unless they
aaVe sufficient population TO entitle them
10 admission. He thinks it will be some
sime before New Mexico, Dakota or
Washington Territory will be admitted.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-01-18

The action Of the German and French
government in prohibiting the importa-
dion OF American sailed meats will, un-
less those governments speedily change
their policy, result in some retaliatory
Legislation. Several congressman have
alSeady been considering the propriety
'0f adopting some measure doubling the
duties on artic es imported from those
countries. Just which articles will be
selected for increase of duties has not
been determined.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-01-18

Whoever builds q house should build
k for winter. The summer will take
care OF itself. A warm winter house Is
the most comfortable forsummer. Many
persons wished during the cold snap
that they had spent a little time and
money in chinking up holes and provid'
ing double windows. The time to do
this business is in the summer. 1t can
act be done to advantage while winter
Is raging.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-01-18

Judge Biddle of Philadelphia has en-
tered : aon-suit in the case of q candi-
date for Office who wanted damages
for alleged defamatory remarks. Jude
8iddle ruled that the plaintiff In
Offering himself as a candidate invited
acrutiny, and the matter referred TO was
privileged and not libellous in the eye Of
khe Law
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-01-18
A New View OF TennysoI-

From the Philadelphia Chi.
Mamma" said o fashionable New
York young lady to her mother. The
papers are making q great fuss over .
Mr.. T~ennyson. Of England
Yes" responded the mother, he
has been raised to the dsar. delightful
peerage.v
HE has been made a baron, ! see,'
said the daughter.
eyes, and his wife viii be . baroness.
| suppose" reflected the old lady.
How exquisitely beautiful IL must be to
DO y baroness"
WHAT has be been a doing OF to be q
baron?" asked the cultured yonng lady.
"What has he been a-doing oiY' re-
heated the mother. why he Is the
sole survivor OF the noble six hundred
who made the "a NOUS charge at Bala-
klava.v
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-01-18

Persons who are in the habit of be-
csming intoxicated and pleading that
faeA. with the added claim that they did
mot know what they we're about, as an
excuse Tor any wrong-doing committed
while under The influence of liquor, find
the sand slipping from under his feet.
as Il wsre, in the light Of some recent
SudeiG decisions on the subject. One
sf The most important Of these ID that Of
Su&ge Davis, Of New York, who lately
hoia chat the ma who commits q crime
Nhlle intoxicated is equally guilty with
. sober IMAM com hitting the same
0derse. ~ he 10 responsible for the act
- getting drunk. This is both SCUM
law Gnd good common sense. No man
tsaa the legal or moral right TO put hi ~
~ in = condition where he becomes
<~tsnaeroas to community, and, If a plea
q drunkenness ! allowed as an ex-
'szasy for crime, all an intending law
bfeakef need 10 do would be to fill him
sell With bad whiskey before undertake
ssAr euch offences against law as he might
<Ak0oSe 20 commit.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-01-18

tolerably successful business, occur 30
frequently as to scarcely merit a word OF
sx,lanation. Such cases are quite as
fatal as TO success as lack of capital End
are of more frequent occurrence.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-01-18

Raiiures are coming along pretty thick
end ma be thicker in February when
gS@r nasuth's bills mature. After Febru-
airy there are hopes Of better times.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-01-18

General trade is much duller than fer
several months months past, and there
q not mach chance of a revival before
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-07-23
Young Ladies Band.

On Friday and Saturday nights
last, the Young Ladies Cornet Band
gave two first class musical entertain.
ments at the Opera House, and gave
great satisfaction to their patrons.
The band consists of ten young ladies,
and they certainly are equal to any
band that has appeared in this city.
Among their well rendered specialties
were the cornet solos and singing Of
Miss Jessie Smith, the violin solos Of
Miss Minnie Whitney Jagged IA years.,
and the recitations of Miss Lura Bar
den. The latter proved she has the
power of deeply interesting an audi
ence and keeping their attention while
she is reciting. Many an encore was
received by the members of the band
and they certainly deserve the warm.
est praise. All the various parts were
we'll rendered. The members Of the
band are Us follows:
Miss Lizzie Hawley, Eb Cornet
Miss Jessie Smith Bb Cornet Miss
Mamie Wyckof, 1st Eb Alto Miss
Flora Leach, I'd Ed Alto Miss Matte
Beeson, 1st Trombone Tenor, Miss
Minnie Whitney, I'd Bb Tenor Miss
Nellie Jennings, Baritone; Miss Mel.
lie-Piper, Tuba Miss Flora Spraguc,
Tenor Drum; Miss Emma Mckenzie,
Base Drum.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-07-23

Geo. j. Robinson, who has been on
n trip south, returned home yester-
day morning. Mr.. Robinson brought
with him some fine specimens OF
southern timber, among which were
two kinds of cypress wood and one OF
red gum, being very valuable for fine
lumber. During the trip Mr.. Robin
son visited Little Rock, Arkansas,
to sec old friends, and the Daily Dem
ocrat has this to say: "Hon. George
j. Robinson, of Alpena, Michigan,
member of the Legislature of that
State, and one of the delegates to the
National Democratic Convention at
Chicago, is visiting in our city his old
army friend, Col. Logan II. Roots. II
is his first visit to this section of coun-
try, and he seemed pleased and also
expresses himself well satisfied with
the work of the Democratic Conven'
ton in Chicago and confidence in the
people ratifying the nominations there
made"
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-07-23
Meteorological Report.

During the week ending Monday,
July Dist, 1884, the meteorological
report of the weather at Alpena city,
was rs follows
Highest temperature, 50 degrees, on the 2lst.
Lowest temperature, As degrees, on the 18th,
Average temperature, COS degrees.
Highest barometric pressure, 3O.O32 inches.
Lowest barometrio pressure, 2o.7i3 inches.
Total rain fall, DOC inches.
Prevailing wind, from the west. ,
Highest velocity of the wind, p miles, from the
northwest on the GOTH
Total movement of the wind during the week,
1867 miles
Greatest daily rainfall o.05 inches, on the 18th.
JAMES j. FITZGERALD,
sergt Signal Corps, U. s. A.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-07-23

About halfpast one o'clock Mon
day morning the building on River
street, nearly opposite the Fletcher
House, was discovered to be on fire.
An alarm was sounded and the fire
department turned out promptly, but
the fire had gained such Roadway
when it was discovered, that, by the
time the hose companies got there,
the building was wrapped in a mass
of flames. -Four powerful streams
were soon playing on the flames, but
seemed to have no effect. The heat
was intense, and the flames, at times,
reached across the street. Sometimes
long streaks of fire would shoot
away over the street. A brisk breeze
prevailed at the time, and it seemed
as if the Fletcher House was doomed.
Fortunately the wind did not blow
the flames and sparks directly towards
the huge hotel, but carried them part
ly towards the bay. The burned
building was formerly known as the
bath house, but at the time of the
conAagration was used as boarding
house by Dougald Macarthur. The
inmates we're hurriedly aroused, and
some Of them had narrow escape in
getting out. Most of the boarders
lost their clothes. One boarder said
he was aroused by the cry of fire, and
getting up hurriedly ran out; then
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-07-23

An exhibition Of the fire extin-
gushing grenades was given last
Thursday. A hot bonfire was made,
and when the flames were brisk, the
agent showed how readily the gren-
AIDES would extinguish the flames.
The application Of the chemicals in
the grenades had an almost instan-
taneous effect in putting out the fire.
If the agent had been at the fire last
Sunday night, he would have had o
first class chance to test his fire ex-
tinguishers. The grenades are small
glass globes, in which is the liquid,
and in putting out fires, the globes are
broken, when, it is claimed, any newly
started fire is Immediately extinguish-
ed. There principal object is to con-
troll fires at the commencement, and
are not for stopping fires when the
building is all ablaze, but they appear
we'll adapted to prevent fires from
getting Roadway.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-07-23

went back for his trunk, and was
nearly smothered in effecting his es-
cape. The heat was such as to make
it disagreeable to stand within one
hundred yards of the burning build
ing. The small dwelling house near
by had "a narrow escape. and was
saved only by hard work Of the fra
brigade. In front Of the burning
building, but on the opposite side, Of
the street, was large amount OF
slabs, and these quickly caught on fire,
but the fire brigade soon put the flames
out there. The blaze brought out
a large number of citizens. as it seem
ed at first that the Fletcher House
was doomed, and if it were, there
would have been lively times fighting
fires, and all the buildings near by
would have, no doubt, been de-
stroyed. The sawmill of the Messrs.
Churchill was in considerable danger,
but careful watch was kept to see that
no sparks did damage. Both fire tugs
were out. Mr.. Macarthur had all his
household effects burned, and all the
family saved were the clothes on their
backs. One of the boarders found
himself Monday morning with less
than half dollar in cash, part of a
suit of clothes and out of work.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-07-23

The large barn Of Bewick, Com
stock & Co. was destroyed by fire last
Thursday afternoon. As usual with
such buildings, the fire was intense,
and about all that could be done by
the fire department was to save the
adjacent buildings. In the barn was
large amount of hay and other sup
plies, which were burned. The loss
of the firm is about $4,000 on build
ing and supplies, and the insurance is
about $1,000.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-07-23
Athena and Montmorency.

When the census Of 1880 was taken
by the L. S. census enumerators, the
number of inhabitants in the terri
tory that then comprised the county
of Alpena was $3.50. Since that CEN
sus year, the said territory was divided
into the counties of Alpena and Mont
morency, and the census taken by the
State census enumerators last June,
shows the number of people in the
same territory to be as follows;
Alpena county. 1910
Montmorency county .,......"."."..." sol
Total, 1854
In four years the increase in the
population in said territory has been
1852, little over fifty per cent.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-07-23
BOLTON & MCRAE
GROCERS,

Store and warehouse on north side,
Alpena, Mich.
Just received by steamer Hall 5000
bushels oats, which we offer in lots
cheap for cash.
We arc also agents for the following
we'll known brands of tobacco and of
fer the same here, freight paid, at
factory prices, viz; Lime Kiln, Old
Tar, Niger Head, Long Tom and
Sentry also S. w. Venable d Co.'S
brands of plug tobacco, viz: Nimrod,
Chief, Silver Chief, Diamond, II. g.
and Spread Eagle. Also at factory
prices, Rabbits Best Soap, and 1776,
Arbuckles Coffee, Kingsford Starch.
We have also in stock 500 cases OF
the best brands of canned goods at
bottom rates to CASH buyers.
We offer unparalleled low prices.
Please call and examine our stock and
prices.
BOLTON e. McRAE.
June Goth, 1884. csc
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-07-23

A man named Herman Kanopski
fell into the river last Sunday after
noon, short distance below the land
ing of the mail steamers. He was
noticed by some men across the river,
but before help could be got to the
man he sank. The body was recover
ed soon after. The deceased leaves n
wife and family. 1t is supposed lie
was walking on the cedar posts on
the wharf and slipped, falling into
the river.