Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1885-06-10

The marshal has been around not
flying parties to clean out their bac'
yards. One man paid over seven do
lars fine for neglecting to do what tn
officials requested. The Board o
Health means business.
The annual council of the Episco
pal church, Of the Diocese of Mich
gan, assemblies to-day at Detroit
Bishop Harris will preside. TIL
delegates from this parish are j. S
Minor, G. S. Lester, w. l.. Churchill
and Rev. j. A. Mock.
When desiring any article in tn
line of drugs, medicines, paints, oils
brushes, toilet articles, fishing tackle
pocket cutlery, ETC., don't forget tina
you can get the most and best fol
your money at the old reliable "Sigl
Of the Red Mortar Drug Store"
Miss Josie Gravier. the champion
skater of the northwest, is to give al
exhibition of fancy skating at tn
roller rink tonight. The exhibition
commences at 9:15. Admission 2!
cents, with or without skates. Season
tickets good.
Stove coal is being brought to towi
from the propeller Packard Goa
mine on the Presque Isle coast. TIL,
coal was dumped overheard last yea
and the mine contains several hun
dred tons. A small scow is used t.
bring the coal to this port.
Bolton a. McRae loaded abou
5000 cedar posts on the schooner
Homer last Thursday, for Chicago
The vessel had hold full of coal
The same firm shipped $4,000 railway
ties on the Jas. Mowatt, the lattel
part of the week, for Chicago.
The adjourned term of the Alpen,
Circuit Court commenced yesterday
The docket contains four criminal Gases
and the very large number of 1877 civi
cases. The civil cases have been &C
cumulating for some time and beer
passed over from one term to another
The saloon keeper who exchanged
liquor for Michigan joint documents
under the impression that he was re
ceiving valuable law books, was no
happy when he tried to sell his sup
posed law books and found that they
were worth about fifty cents per cord
No more liquor exchanged for join
documents at that saloon.
During the months of July ant
August six mails per week will b.
sent from this city to Bell ant
Presque Isle Post Offices in Presqut
Isle county. Bell post Office is neal
False Presque Isle, and Presque Isl,
post Office is at Upper Presque Isle
w. II. Smith is the contractor, anc
the route is known as number 24,548
A person would naturally believe
from reading the Washington dis
patches to the Detroit papers that al
Michigan's children had gone tc
Washington to get offices. A journey
over the State would, however, soor
convince the person that a few people
remain in Michigan. Alpena coun
ty has sent no one yet to the city Of
offices.
The steam barge s. G. Hall la:
been chartered to carry lumber from
Latour to Lake Erie ports. The
amount to be carried is 100000
feet. The Hall takes the barge Flint
with her to Latour and leaves the
rest of her barges here, calling for
them on her way down. The Hall
and Flint can carry 100000 feet Of
lumber per trip. =
Owing to the limited amount Of
the Institute Fund in this county,
there will be no Teachers Institute
held here this season. Teachers who
can do so will be heartily welcome to
attend the Institute to be held at Hill.
man, Montmorency county, commenc-
ing Monday, June 22nd. Prof H.
R. Pattengill, of Grand Rapids, con.
ductor. Rev. E. Little, Instructor.
The Alpena city Board Of Review
will be in session on Thursday, Friday
and Saturday of this week, at the
Council Room, for the purpose of re-
the tax roll. Any person
who thinks he has been unjustly as.
sessed should appear before the Board
and give his reasons. The Board has
the power to raise or lower the rs.
sessments made by the Comptroller.
We call attention of road builders