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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-04-23

The Democratic State Convention
takes place on the 18th of June, next,
at Detroit. The delegates at that
convention will elect twenty-six dele
gates to attend the National Demo-
cratic Convention at Chicago, on July
9Th, and those delegates then elected
will take part in nominating the can
didate for the Presidency, on the
Democratic ticket. Alpena county
is entitled to send three delegates to
the State Convention. The Demo-
cracy in this county ought to take an
active part in the nomination of the
candidate for the Presidency. To do
so it will be necessary to have a coun-
ty convention, and elect their three
representatives to the State conven-
ton. The members of the Alpena
county Democratic committee are as
follows
j. d. Turnbull, Chairman.
1st Ward-Charles Golling.
I'd Ward.-Charles Lynch.
3rd Ward.-Peter Owens.
Alpena Township.-Walter Gavi-
gan.
Ossineke. &C. r. Zimmerman.
Long Rapids-Moses Stafford.
Green-Gco. NJ. Green.
Wilson's. A. Dawson.
Maple Ridge township was not or
ganized at the time the committee
was elected.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-04-23

OTTO GJORUD,
Il. WAGNER,
+. X. POTTER,
Finance Committee.
Alpena, April l6, 1884.
Moved by Trustee Dewey that the report
he adopted and the recommendations Of the
committee be concurred in. Adopted by
unanimous vote.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-04-23
APPOINTMENT OF TREASURER.

Moved by Mr.. Potter that Franklin s..
Dewey be appointed Treasurer Of Union
School District of the city Of Alpena for
the ensuing year. Carried by vote as fol-
lows Ayes-Potter, Wagner, Mellen,
Gjorud and Bruno. Nays-Nonc.
On motion of Mr.. Gjorud, the Treasurer
was instructed to execute n bond in the
usual form to said school district, in the
penal sum Of thirty thousand dollars, with
sufficient suretics, to be approved by the
Board.
Moved by Mr.. Dewey that the bill Of
Miss +. c. Mason, librarian, for books be al
lowed and a warrant ordered drawn for the
sum Of 1920, as recommended by the
Finance Committee Carried by vote as
follows: Ayes-Potter, Dewey, Wagner,
Mellen, Gjorud and Bruno Nays-None.
Trustee Potter donated his order for SER
vices on the Board for the last six months,
for the sum Of Sl050 to the district.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Moved by Trustee Potter that the matter
of making estimates Of the appropriations
required for the ensuing year, be referred
to the Finance Committee, TO be reported
on forthwith Carried unanimously.
To the Hon. the Board Of Education Of the
city Of Alpena:
GENTLEMEN.-We would most respect
fully recommend the following amounts for
school purposes, and that the same be GER
tilted TO the Common Council.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-04-23
COMMITTEES.

Executive Committee-President (undeI
the rule), Dewey, Wagner and Bruno
Finance Committee-Gjorud, Wagner
and Potter.
Committee on School-Potter, Dewey and
Bruno.
Committee on Examination-Dewey, Mel
len and Superintendent.
Committee on Library-Gjorud, Mellen
and Potter.
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Board OF Education.

The Board Of Education of the city Of Al.
pens met in the Secretary's Office, on Wed,
nesday evening April 10th, 1884, and was
called to order by the President, A. Har-
shaw, at 500 o'clock.
PREsENT.-A. Harshaw, President Jno
S. McVicar, Sec, and the following Trustees
First ward, +. X. Potter and F. S. Dewey
Second ward, B. Wagner and II. Mellen I;
Third ward, o. Gjorud and D. Bruno.
Journal Of session held April 9th, 1884,
read and approved.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-04-23

Alpena Township Finances.
The following Is a statement OF the
financial condition OF Alpena township
up to April 7th, 1884
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-04-23

On motion Of Alderman Wheeler the
resignation of Andrew Schef was accepted
and the Office of constable of the Second
ward declared vacant by unanimous vote.
On motion Of Alderman Lynch, Edward
A. Westrope was appointed to the Office Of
constable of the Second ward of the city of
Alpena, by vote as follows Ayes-Wheeler,
Warner, Lynch, Owens and Campbell.
Nays-None.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-04-23
Alpera Township School Meeting.

JNo. S. MCVIcAR,
Recorder.
The Mineral argus., 1884-02-21
miscellaneous Matters.

A man at Ogden, Utah, who brought a
suit for divorce against his wife because
she was a scold, explained to the court
a rather ingenious means he had devised
to silence her when she was q-uarrelsome
and by what he had been enabled to
live with her for ten years. He knew
that she had a perfect horror of rats,
and soon after their marriage he kept a
supply of them on hand. When her
temper got the better of her he would
let one ont of its cage into the room,
and it always silenced her.
During the late excavations undertake
enin the Roman Forum, there has been
found apot containing 500 old Anglo
Saxon coins of the time of Pope Marin
us II, 1882 $50. They are of English
coinage and rare value, most of them
showing heads of the English kings OF
the perio1, and one having the head OF
an Archbishop of Canterbury. The prob.
abilities are that the money belonged
to the Saxon school then in Rome, the
existence of which renders it probable
that there were many Englishmen in
Rome in these days.
The fashion of wealthy English yacht
owners spending their winters aboard
their vessels in southern waters increases
every year. At present there are no
less than forty-three yachts which fly
the remnants of British clubs cruising in
the Mediterranean. Among them are
nineteen steamers. The Marquis of All.
son has his elegant steam yacht Titania
at Leghorn, the Marquis of Butte is cruis-
ing in his schooner Lady Bird, and a
considerable portion of the upper house
of Parliament is ahoat. Among the
peers who are thus enjoying themselves
are the Earl Caithness and Lords VOL
v%erton, Ashburton and Paget.
superintendent of detectives in New
York city says of female detectives:
"We do not employ women be cause il
is our firm conviction that m can
not be relied on. We have tried them
and found them wonderfully quick at
divining the source of a mysterious
crime, patient in testing a plan for cap
turing a suspected person, and-yes. and
uncommunicative. There is Just one
reason, and only one reason, why they
are not to be trusted-no one can tell
who has the most influence over them.
Anyhow, we can't afford to take the risk
of employing them and being betrayed
By them"
The Mineral argus., 1884-02-21

acts Of his life and all the incidents that
he might have cause to regret, and, in
fact, in that short time a panorama OF
his whole life passed in a rapid and daz-
ing manner before his mind's eye, por-
traying its bright and dark sides. The
present had just been unfolded to his
view when the train struck the car and
his hand receiving a blow he fell to the
ground under the cars. As good luck
would have it the car to which he had
been clineing was a foreign car and bad
a high truck, otherwise he would have
been ground to pieces, as the truck
passed completely over him.
All this time the hands who were
standing around were 81 Mortified that
they were unable to signal the engineer
TO reverse, but now the engine was
stopped and a general rush was made
to where Mr.. Dean was lying, all expect
ing to see his mangled remains, instead
of which they saw him crawling out from
beneath the cars, and TO say they were
happily surprised is but mildly express
ing it.
The Mineral argus., 1884-02-21

to an agent at Port Jervis to hold the
East bound train when it arrived there
until he heard from the superintendent.
The latter then told the engineer of his
train to go ahead, and they would run
on telegraph signals. The engineer re-
fused to take the risk. Superintendent
Minot ordered the engineer off the en-
CINE and grasped the lever himself. He
ran the train, telegraphing orders ahead
at each station. The esst-bound train
reached Port Jervis and was run to Otis
vile, twelve miles eastward, while the
West-bound train was making its way
westward at the same time on telegraph
&c signals. At Otisville the east bound
train took the switch, and the other
train passed it, reaching Port Jervis on
time. This was the end of the old sys-
tenn Of running trains, and was the origin
of telegraphic signals in running rail-
road trains.
The Mineral argus., 1884-02-21
NEW TACOMA.
The Northwestern Terminus of the
Northern Pacific Railroad.

The Northwestern Terminus of the
Northern Pacific Railroad.
Tacoma, the terminus of the Northern
Pacific railroad, is far different in its
surroundings and general features from
San Francisco, yet il claims much at
ton from eastern cousins, as well rs from
Californians and Oregonians. To most
people, the first view is one of disap-
pointment, followe d almost instantly by
the question, "Can this be the terminus
of the Northern Pacific?" But such the
president and board of directors of this
road have affirmed it to be, whether for
all time to come or only for the present,
is still a mooted question.
At the head of this great inland sea,
Puget Sound, lies a safe harbor, with
anchorage for ships. Overhanging it is
a deep bluff, 260 feet in height, upon
which Tacoma is built. The town is
reached by a steeply-graied roadway
leading from the waters edge. There
is just room enough along the shore for
wharves and tracks for cars. Mani6.
cent coal bunkers, built at a cost of 125,-
600, extend far into the Sound and large
saw mil S are also built on piles, and
GhlIb INC LONls l9tb bilC OuSllCSS DOI-
ton of our terminus is mainly built
above. L is laid out apparently on a
grand scale, with broad streets we'll
graded. The houses rise tier above tier,
stretching far Cack to the forest ofgiant
frs that serve as a background. Ten
years ago this was a vast wilderness. Now
it boasts of 1000 inhabitants. These are
mainly emplo ed in the railroad and
car shops, the say mills and the coal
bunkers. Most of the buildings are
wooden, and bear the appearance of
being put up in a hurry. And, in fact,
they have, having trlpled in the last
three years. Some fine buildings have
been built recently, however, amsng
them a large bank and Il railroad hotel,
the latter at a cost of 1925. 900. A stone
church, the finest north oil San Francis
20. was finished two months ago. 1t
was built by Charles Wright, one of the
Directors of the Northern Pacific, who
is styled here the Father of Tacoma. 1t
is erected in memory of his wife and
daughter, lately deceased. The cost is
$4,000. 1t was made a free will gift to
the Episcopal Church. The same gen.
tleman is now building a girls school at
a cost of SIS, 900. This is entirely at his
own expense. A fine public school,
worth $20,n0O was opened recently.
mere are also various private schools
and a number of churches. However,
1t is still an embryo city. but fortune
points to a promising future which even
the recent depression of N. Z. r. r.
stocks cannot annoy.
Standing over all is the grand old sem
tinel Mt. Tacoma, stern in his mantle of
eternal snow, a magnificent feature in
the landscape. And far before our eyes
lies the blue waters of the SounA. Ia
coma has many possibilities which time
certainly will realize.
The Mineral argus., 1884-02-21
CONsrANCY.
Ha slid.

he Sid.
And leaned as he spoke On the pasture bars,
That he vowed by the heavens blue
By the silvery moon and the shining stars
To ever prove leal and true.
Men change, tits true" he said "but oh!
Believe me, my " dear love,
Affection like min, as time viii show,
Has a strength that no power can move"
She Said.
'No fear or doubts, beloved, have I,
For deep in this heat of mine
Is a love that will never dim aud die,
But will last for aye-like thinel"
BE gave her a ring and a fond caress,
While her tears like a torrent fell;
AS with ialtring words and in sore distress,
He bade her a long farewell.
But the man in the moon, who had often
viewed
Such tender scenes, / ween,
Winked knowingly then, as the lovers stood
Beneath in the silver sheen.
q = . = =
Two umner with blossoms and ouds are
gone.
Two winters with frost and snow;
And again the man in the moon looked
On the whiTliHg world below.
And what did he see? Why, the lover had
won
A widow with wealth galore;
While the maiden had welded, that very
morn,
The clerk of a dry goods store.
The Mineral argus., 1884-02-21

is said that the exploded Fragments NJ
Krskatoa and its volcanic roots have
been dyeing European skies as thew
shrouded Java. Gradually the veil has
become thinner and feebler. It has
ceased to have power to hide the sun. or
turn its face pale and silver. No
longer do the sunbeams reach the earth
blue and green and red as in the Ceylon
and Trinidad. Yet the dust of the dead
mountains and crater has ever been
here as real as the instant Of its fiery
election, if less solid and deep.
though it could not subjugate the sun
in its strength, it has had to determine
the tone of the after-glow.
Poetry will scarcely complain of
science for its habit of weighing the sun
and dissecting the rainbow when it in.
PRODUCES the mind thus to the secret
workings of the laboratory of nature
Nature has often been drawn smilinp
as she overthrews human hopes and
hurries mortais to premature death.
Never has her supposed combination
of serene r-emorselessness and artistic
sensibility been exhibited by a moral.
Zing poet or novelist more graphically
than in the scene in which science shows
her wrecking islands and painting the
skies imperial puppies with pigments
O0COCIC from tno awful rum. The
actual moral which science would de.
duce for itself from the new hypothesis
of the construction of the glow of
dawn and evening is in itself no
less poetical than philOsophically
suggestive. Like every fresh stage
reached in science, itserves to confirm
the truth of the connection of the uni.
verse in all its parts and all its opera
tons. The world is one, and its laws and
its constituents affect and supplement-
and balance one another. Within the
last dozen years the earth seems to have
been passing through an epoch ofvolcan.
ic perturbation such as strained human
tears beyond all bearing eighteen hun.
bred years ago. Modern science does
not disguise the weight ofmodern phys.
ical calamities. In a manner it redu.
plicates the force of the blow by depict
ing it rolling backwards and forwards and
reverberating from pole to pole. With
all this it must be admitted 10 take away
half the terrors of such disasters by
reducing them within the compass D!
intel lectual calculation, and tending to
bring them under the yoke of one com
mon law. Men who quake at the
shadow IF an afHiction imagined to be
the work of chance will suffer with
resignation thrice the misfOrtunes, SO
long as they can account for them.
The Mineral argus., 1884-02-21
THE G OF A
How Chicago Furrfers Rent Seal
skin Sacques Out by the Season.

skin Sacques OuC ny InS 6caSOn'
els it true" asked a Chicago reporter
the other day of a leading %furrier OF that
city, 'that seal skin sacques are rented
out by the season."
at is true" replied the f%urrier, 'too
true, and it is injuring the fur trade.
What with the mild weather and the
new system of renting out sacques and
sets, it will not surprise me if several of
us are not compelled to go into another
branch of trade before the opening of
spring navigation"
"When did the fur renting business
begin?"
@Well, it is difficult 70 say. You see
business of all kinds has been undergo.
ing a demoralizing change for some
years past. Merchants stoop to things
now that they would not think of doing
ten years ago. Everything is conducted
on the sham principle. Shaml why this
is, by all odds. the sharniest age, if !
may coin the word, that the world ever
passed through. Go to a reception and
half the dresses and jewelry worn by
the ladies is rented for the occasion.
Some of our leading tailors do a big bus
mess in the renting of full dress suits to
SCllblCIllCn dJ IhLCo IulAllDR All Lil6 hdN
from So to Sl5 a night. Married people
who give dinners, and talk glibly about
their French cooks, have the eatables
on the table sent up from the nearest
restaurant, and the neatly attired wait
ers are hired for that occasion only at
the same eating house. People who have
friends come TO visit them from a dis
lance can rem a handsomely furnished
house or fiat for the time being, and
make arrangements with a convenient
livery stable to have our carriage sent
around for an afternoons drive. The
silver ware on the table is in all proba-
bility the property of a downtown
pawnbroker, and the sealskin sack
which the hostess wears may have been
engaged for q week, a month, or a
season."
for?"
well, a new sacque will bring $50
for a season of three months, The next
year it may bring about the same rental,
and from that time on until it begins to
look shabby its rental is reduced about
$40 every. year, 1t is finally sold for
about $50"
"Do you demand a deposit of an
mount equal to the full value of the
sacque2'
~ AAOH @Ah0ybA VIC huOm LLc
parties to be respectable we trust them
with the sacques, providing that they
pay the rental in advance and sign a
contract to make good any damage which
may occur 10 the property"
do you ever lose them?"
Eyes, but not often. Sometimes we
lose track of them for awhile, but they
usually turn up all right"
Isn't it cheaper in the long run to
rent than to buy?"
"1es, really it is. Ladies are apt TO
become tired of a sealskin sacque after
tow seasons. They have only expended
$lOO or so, whereas if they had bought
the sacque in the first place they would
have been compelled to pay out from
300 to $500, and perhaps have gone
without a sacque altogether. By rent
ing a sacque they can have & change
every season, and they run no risk of
having their furs moth-eateu in the sum-
mer. l would rather rent a sacdue for
my vile than buy one."
The Mineral argus., 1884-02-21
Looking Death in the Eve.

Mr.. VIII Dean. a brak eman on the
Baltimore and Ohio Road, mad a hair
breadth and lucky escape from death
yesterday about noon at Benwood. He
left here on a freight train Yesterday
morning and upon reaching Benwood
had some switching to do. When the
accident occurred he was walking back
ward in front ola number of moving
cars which we're following him to the car
where the coupling was to be made,
when the heel Of his boot was firmly
caught in g frog and he was thrown to
the ground on his back, and still the
train continued to approach, until it was
almost upon him, and in another second
the track Of the car would have passed
owe him had he not had the presence
of mind to seize q coupltng-link which
was dangling from the bumper. This he
grasped with his right hand with
a a grin of iron and his foot was
drawn from the boot, which was left
sticking in the frog. In this manner he
Was dragged to the other car and had
fully decided that his hand would be
crushed from his wrist, and he deter.
mined that he would rather lose his
hand than both Of his legs and probably
his life,
Anyway, his chances for death were
good and he says all the little wrong
The Mineral argus., 1884-02-21
The First Train Run BY Tel
graph.

New York Times.
The year 1850 marked an era in rail-
road management, not only in this
country, but in the world, for in that
year it was successfully demonstrated
that trains need not be run blindly
from station to station, but that the tele-
graph could be made the means Of di-
recting them on their way. Up to that
time it was the rule of trains going west
on the Erie to run to regular stopping
places, where they took the switch un-
til the train running against Them
from the West should pass, and vice
versa, as locality made necessary. The
train in the switch could not go on until
the opposite train passed and con-
sequently delays of hours duration
were common. One day in 1850, when
Charles Minot was superintendent of
the road, a passenger train from New
York reached Turner's Station, where
it was to wait for an Eastern-bound train
to arrive on its time. Superintendent
Minot : was or the train. He tele-
graphed to Port Jervis, and learned
that the train had not reached that place
yet. Then the idea struck him that he
could run both of the trains by the
telegraph, and a V hours of delay to
} the Vest bound train. He telegraphed
The Mineral argus., 1884-02-21

William Meagle, an important witness
in the Phoenix park trial, complains that
-'s lie is made miserable owing to the con-
hnued persecution aud frequent assaults
which he suffers at the hands of sympathiz.
era with the assassins of Lord Frederick
CaYenaish and Mr.. Burke.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-05-12
Maine Pedagogical Society.

At the semi-annual meeting of the Maine
Pedagogical Society to be held at Rockland,
Friday and Saturday, May l6 and II, the fol-
lowing programme will be carried out:
Meeting of the general co mmittee, Thurs
day evening, at the Thorndike Hotel.
FRIDAY, MAY l6.
10 A. M.-Geography, paper, 6. A. Robert
son. Augusta; discussion.
IL A. M.-Final report of committee on
geometry; discussion.
2 2. M.-Moral Instruction, paper, A. L.
Lane, Waterville; discussion.
P. M.-Final report of committee on
arithmetic; discussion.
7.30 p. M.-Words of Welcome, Hon.
John S. Case, Rockland. Response by Pres
ident of the Society.
8 p. M.-Address, "Symmetrical Develop.
ment," Rev. DIR. Pepper. Waterville.
SATURDAY, MAY II.
ga. M.-Science in Elementary Schools,
paper, Arthur B. Morrill,, Portland; discus.
sion.
1OA. M.-Final report of committee on
reading and spelling; discussion.
The meetings during the day will be held
in the High School room. The meeting Fri
day evening in the Baptist church. Main
street.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-05-12
MAINE MILITIA.
The Inspect0r.General Will Make IN
Annual Arm0ry Inspection.

The annual armory inspection of the Vol
unteer Militia of Maine will be made upon
the dates given below, unless specially noti'
fed of different date by the Inspector Gen.
eral:
Wednesday. May IA, Co. G. 1st Reg't,
BiddefOrd.
Friday, May 16, Co. H, lst Reg't, Gardi.
ner.
Monday, May 10Th, Co. H. I'd Reg't, Wa.
terville.
Tuesday, May 20, Co. E, I'd Reg't Skow.
hegan.
Wednesday, May 81, Co. C, lst Reg't,
Dexter.
Thursday, May %, Co. F, I'd Reg't, Dover
Friday, May %, Co. B, I'd Reg't, Oldtown.
Saturday, May "a, Co. G, I'd Reg t. Bangor
Monday, May 26, Co. A, I'd Reg't, Hamp-
den.
Tuesday, May %, Co. d, 1st Reg,t. Nor,
way.
Wednesday, May %, Co, C, LIST Reg't,
Auburn.
Thursday, May 30, lst Platoon of Battery
Lewiston.
Monday, June 2, Cos. A and B, 1st Reg't,
Portland.
Tuesday. June 8, Co. f, lst Reg't, and 2d
Platoon of Battery, Portland.
The Inspector General will make the in
spection or designate an officer to do so, and
will report to the Commander in Chief
through the Adjutant General, the condition
of the armories, books and military property
also such suggestions as he may deem i'm
portant upon the system of instruction, drill
and discipline in the several organizations.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-05-12
RICHMOND -.

The roads in the village ara in very fine
condition WIN. Allard had two horses ar.
rive on the Star of the East Wednesday,
Green vegetables are plenty in the markets
now.-Numbers of parties have been out to
Cobbossee after pickerel. Although the water
is high, several large strings have been caught.
Richmond has not seen so dull season for
years. Every one complains at the state of
business.-The Knights of the Golden Cross
and Sons of Temperance have one of the finest
halls on the river. 1t has been newly finished
and furnished throughout, and is . great
credit to the orders.-The ladies of the Free
Baptist church gave supper last Wednes-
day evening, netting Sls.50.-The late
entertainment. given to aid the Odd Fell
lows in furnishing their hail. netted S63.-
The Band gives a dance. Tuesday evening,
May 18th, to help defray expenses of their
new uniforms.-Mr. Joe Melcher of Boston,
was in town Friday, visiting friends.-Some
of our sportsmen are having great luck in
fishing.