Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-04-02

Douglass Scott arrived home last
Saturday. .
Miss Lizzie Glenny'is visiting with =
friends at Oscoda. y y
John Campbell has rented his trap "
net fishery at North Point, to S. ii. Il
Davis, during the coming summer. T
Captain Richardson and crew of
men are at work getting the tug Ralph +
in readiness for her summers work. :,
From present appearances we should fc
/ Judge that considerable building will a
be done in this city the coming sum- I
, mer. al
! At McPhee's camp, Grand Lake, II
0 100000 feet of logs have been got in,
and will be cut at Smiths mill, at n
! that place. II
BY Saturday last, the ice in the river u
. below the bridge had become democrat II
3 lied, and the water was visible at Il
many places. - '.
A. N.,Spratt returned home Satur- q,
day afternoon. He had been on
trip to various parts of Canada, in
, Guiding Quebec. u
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LosT.-Jackstrap for pulling up Il
wires. Finder will receive a liberal W
reward by leaving same at Alpena te
City Water Co.'s Office. #
Travellers will miss the Fletcher lc
House the coming summer. A hotel il
for summer pleasure seekers is very
much needed in Alpena. NJ
The stage arrives at the postoffice a,
with the mail about six o'clock, on an I'll
average. Friday night it did not ar W
rive until after eight o'clock. b
j. M. Rush & Co., will soon remove u
their saw repairing shop to the build !"
ing formerly used as an office by ~
Fletcher Pack & Co.. on Water street.
Captain A. E. Persons will CON- a
mand the steamer Golden Eagle, and p
the boat will clear for down shore W
ports as soon as the ice goes out of a.
the bay. NJ
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The Messrs. Churchill will soon ",
commence the erection of brick Of .,
fee, with stone foundation, near the h,
Fletcher House. In size it will be
20x30 feet.
w. d. Hitchcock, who had been r.
out of town nearly all winter, arrived I,
home last Thursday. He had remain o,
ed most of the time at Adrian, but n,
was in Washington short time. b,
The tug Fife L. will have new h,
deck, rail, etc., when she goes into CT
commission this spring. Captain OIL
Lillis will command her. Her en-
CINE is being thoroughly overhauled. NJ
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The present store building of the p'
Messrs. Churchill is to be moved, and HI
will be located where the mill board al
, ing house formerly stood. Spiles are HI
now being driven for the foundation. OIL
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The steam yacht Remora is all r'
ready, and will come to Alpena as II
soon as navigation is open. 1t is the IL
intention to place her on the route be- ~
tween Alpena and Osceda for few
weeks. n
The steamer City of Cleveland is c'
to be the first boat of the Cleveland, Q.
Detroit and Mackinac line of steam y
. ers, that will arrive at this port, and a.
will be here as soon as the ice will q
permit. ~
is
: The examination of Barney Rou- a
seau, for the murder of Julius Savage, >.
took place Thursday and Friday last, @
before Justice Henderson, and result
ed in Rousseau being bound over for Ia
trial at the next session of the Circuit IL
Court, on charge of murder. y
Warren & Mcdonald have just D
completed an engine for Bewick, r
Comstock q Co., the cylinder being D
16x30 inches, and are now engaged in p
constructing an engine for the mill of n
W. H. & E. X. Potter, the size of the \
cylinder being 20x30 inches. !,