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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1885-07-15
CHERIFF's SALE.

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Notice is hereby given that by virtue of writ Of
fer facias, issued out of the Circuit Court for
the county OF Alpena, dated on the 9th day Of
June, A. ID. 1885, in favor OF John q. Bcekman,
plaintiff and against the goods and chattels, lands
and tcnemcnts, of Daniel Carter, defendant for
the sum Of three hundred and thirty-sevcn dollars
and thirty-cight cents 337.3sl. and returnablc on
the first day of September, A. ID. 1885 TO direct
cd and delivered. did, on the 9th day OF June, A..
d. 1885, levy upon all the right, title and interest
of Daniel Carter. in and TO the following described
real estate, towt All that piece parcel Of land,
commencing at the corner OF Chisholm and First
streets thence northeast First street
feet thence southeast sixtysx feet thence southwest
seyenty-four feot, thence northwest sixtysix feet
10 the place OF beginning being part OF lot Ave.
IN block one, Of Hitohcook's first addition to the
village, now city, Of Alpena, as psr the recorded
plat thereof. All OF which shall expose for sals
az public auction vendua 70 the highest bidder, nc
the front door OF the Court House, In the city Of
Apena, in said county, ON the 9th day Of August,
A. ID. 1885, nt ten o'clock In tho forenoon Of said
day.
JAMES r.. DENTON.
Sheriff OF Alpena county.
BY CnAs. L. Lynch,
J. d. NEWTON, Atty for Pira. 72'w7
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1885-07-15
June Rain Fall.

The following will show the amount
of rainfall during the month of
June, from and including 1873, and
is from the records of the U. S.
weather Office at this city:
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From the above it will be seen that
last June was the dryest June in thir-
teen years. June of 1875 is the only
month anywhere near last month in
regard to scarcity of rain.
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ALPENA WEEKLY ARGUS.
Wednesday, Jtly 10, 1885.

For some weeks past cholera has
been raging in Spain and the deaths
have averaged over 600 per day.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1885-07-15

The best thing for the complexion
is Ayers Sarsaparilla. 1t brings the
bloom of health to the wan cheek.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1885-07-15
Council Proceedings.

The Common Council of the City of Al
pcna met in adjourned regular session, in
the Council Room, on Tuesday evening,
July 9TH, 1885, and was called to order at
500 o'clock by the Mayor.
Prcsent-Andrew Harshaw, Mayor; Jno.
s. McVicar, Recorder, and Aldermen
Warner, Culligan, D'Aiglc, Campbell and
Daoust.
PETITIONS.
From j. B. X. Cole and seven others
asking for water pipe on futile street,
from Eight to Ninth street. Referred to
the Committee on Fire Department.
MISCELLANEOUS.
ALPENA Co. TREAS OFFICE,
ALPENA, Michigan, July 9TH, 1885.
To the City Recorder:
/ The following charges and credits have
been made in the books Of this Office in the
account with your city from April LIST to
date:
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You will see from the above statistics, that
the increase in the enrolment for the past
year has been only &c while the increase in av-
erage attendance has been Ill, or what is
equivalent to three good sized schools. At no
time during the year could the schools have
been conducted probably with a less number
Of teachers, while in the Second ward the ac-
commodations were not at all sufficient for the
attendance. A comparison between the Lock-
wood and Second ward schools shows the fol-
lowing:
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Amount lao Ion nnrchase of books.

Among the books added this year were n
large number adopted to the wants of our High
School and Grammar grades. These books
have been largely read, and supplantng rs they
have the trashy literature Of the day, the good
they have done in forming correctness and inn
parting valuable information can hardly be es-
timated The librarian recommends that she
be allowed to add such volumes from time TO
time as the needs OF the Library may demand,
and this recommendation is heartily concurred
in. | would also suggest the dcsirabilty of
adding at least $50 worth of well selected
French works.
PERFECT ATTENDANCE
Last year | reported list OF thirteen scholars
who had not been absent during the year. This
year am glad to report that the number has
increased to thrtyseven. The following are
| ha
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Soprano Solo-"Bonnie New Moon. Mrs. Simonds
Essay Children in Literature. Miss Rebecca Myers.
The exercises were listened TO with close at
tention. and this year diplomas were conferred
upon the following, certifying that each had
finished the prescribed English course In the
Alpcna High School: AbbIe Berryhill, Aggic
Dixon, Louise Mcdonald, Rebecca Myers, Cora
Small and Annie Schwelnfurth:
CONCLUSION.
The above report contains brief mention Of
those events OF the past year to which, by way
Of retrospect, your attention ought to be called,
together with few suggestions as to what
course II may be best to pursue In the future.
With the submission Of this report the work
OF the school year is finished. II seems to me
that the year has been prosperous one. The
number Of scholars in each department has
largely increased, the health Of the pupils has
been good, the discipline easily maintained,
and t1e instruction conscientious and thorough.
We have Dost for the coming year
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THE EIGHTH GRADE.
This year eighty-three scholars were pro-
NOTED from the primary to the grammar de-
partment and twenty from the latter to the
High School. A new feature was added this
year in having formal graduating exercises for
the eighth grade. These exercises consisted Of
either an essay, defamation or recitation
by each member OF the class and music furnish
ed by the class, assisted by the members OF the
9TH grade.
A large number Of ladies and gentlemen at
tended these exercises, Mt the conclusion OF
which certificates admitting to the High School
without further examination, were given to the
fotIa
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-08
Composing Under Difficulties.

In October. 1887, after his return to
Vienna, Mozart produced his greatest
opera, don Giovanni" As late as the
night before the performance the over
ture had not been copied. Mozart
wrote on until late into the night, aud
his wife could only keep him awake by
telling him the old fairy tales, such as
he loved when child; at times he
would break from laughter to tears, un-
til, growing more and more weary, he
fell asleep. At seven the next morning.
he arose and finished the score, the ink
in some parts being scarcely dry when
the copies were placed on the musicians
desks. The musicians had to play the
overture at sight, but its beauties
aroused the greatest enthusiasm both in
the players and the audience. Mozart
superintendent all the rehearsals, and
inspired the singers with his own ideas
and feeling. He taught the hero to
dance a minuet. and when one of the sing
ers failed to conquer his score, Mozart
altered it on the spot. At last the
Emperor bestowed q court position on
Mozart, but the salary was SO meager-
it was less than S500-that it was Of
little help to him. while his duty, to
compose dance music for the court, was
humiliating. Well could he reply,
when asked his income by the tax
gatherer. TOO much for what do" too
little for what l could do. Agatha
Tunts. in 50. Nicholas.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-08
WASHING BUTTER.
Some Valuable Hints for the butter Maker
Sailing the Product.

Some Valuable Hints for the butter Maker
Sailing the Product.
II butter is to be washed at all after
sailing and working, it should be
washed with pickle or brine, and not
with ice water or fresh water. Fresh
water will at once whiten the butter
with which it comes in contact, take
the salt out and cause it to become strong
in taste almost Immediately. For this
purpose the pickle should be made sey-
eral days before needed for use. 1t
must be of good strength, that is, the
water must be thoroughly saturated
with the salt the result of stirring and
dissolving Washing in cold brine does
not soften the butter. Salt maintains
the water at low temperature. Ice
water in contact with butter has an in
furious effect. Even slight droppings
of ice water upon parcel of butter for
twenty-four hours will whiten it and
spoil it by rendering it strong and un-
merchantable as choice product. Take
a tub of butter and place upon the top
of the butter q cloth saturated with
fresh water and in less than a day the
upper layer will be whitened. the salt
removed and the first stages of rancidity
induced Many otherwise choice parcels
of butter have been spoiled by the use
of fresh water, and even by the use of
water in which salt has been stirred
about for a short time. Unless the
pickle is made very strong, work of
time, it is but little better than fresh
water for this purpose. The best
creamery butter is sailed at the rate Of
one ounce to the pound of butter, and
if washed at all, pickle only is used
american CuitiCdtor.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-08
THE DAIRY

Mo difference IL what direction the
honest dairyman may turn, he is bafiied
and disconnected by the frauds of his
dishonest competitors, says the Liss
Stock Indicator. A sample case Of New
York cheese, recently sold in london.
not q single ingredient Of milk.
Butter should always be churned
several degrees colder in summer than
in winter. The reason is that the
caseinous matter of milk more readily
attaches itself to the butter elobules in
summer than ia winter, and that this
adhesion can best be prevented by O
cooler temperature of the cream when
churning Is q fact.
ANY COW can be MIXED dry in few
weeks by irregular milking, sometimes
at intervals Of twenty.fouf hours and
sometimes six Separation from her
usual company, change to d new To-
cation, strange mixer and scolding
voice are sources of irritation that more
or less impair the milking qualities Of
the COW.
"A Wisconsin dairyman reports that
he has calf (grade Holstein) which
was born the last day ef December,
1884. When TIVE months old it weighed
1888 pounds, and up to that age it had
been fed only on skinned milk and hay.
1t was weighed again when four months
old. and then reached 465 pounds. The
last two months ii was fed with skinned
milk, little oil meal, some oats and d
due proportion OF hay.
In selecting a good mixer a writer
says: The Hdder shuuld be large and
cApacieusI il need not be feshy. 1t
should be broad and reach well forward.
A large development of the fore part of
the bag is more certain indication Of
quality than the back part. The teats
should be set wide apart, and be of
good size for handling. Teats which
are small next to the udder, denote
small tubes inside the bag. which Of
course is unfavorable to quantity.
When a cheese which has been
much sailed and kept dry Is washed
several times in. soft water and then
laid ID cloth moistened with wine or
vinegar, it gradually loses its sadness,
and If it be a rich cheese, from being
hard and dry it becomes soft and mel
low. This simple method Of improving
cheese is worth knowing. It is gem
orally practced in Switzerland, where
eheeses are kept stored for many years,
and it they were not very salt and dry
would soon become the prey of worms
and mites.
1t is generally conceded by cheese
merchants that the dairymen of this
country are fearfully wanting in the
variety of cheese making gehitis, says
an exchange. They seem to neither
know nor care for anything but English
cheddar in style and qualify. While Of
course this is a good commercial cheese
and the English market keeps up a
pretty good demand for it. and It is also
true that the home market for this old
style is gradually improving, at the
same time there can be but little doubt
that the home market would greatly
improve if there were some other styles
for sale.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-08
SELLING MILK.
An Enterprise Fraught with Evil to the
Unhappy vender.

An Enterprise Fraught with EVIL to the
Unhappy vender.
Gentle reader, do you know anything
about selling milkP You have, of
course. heard over and over again how
the millona'res who sell the milk
swindie the poor farmers who make the
milk. Did you ever sleep or dine in
any Of the numerous palaces of the
millionaires who sell the milkp Have
you ridden in their coaches and four or
sailed in their royal yachtsp We opine
not We once had the sad misfortune
to make the acquaintance of milk
seller and we do not care to meet any
more of them. The tale he told har-
rowed up our young soul to that extent
we thought the lives of Fox's martyrs
an existence of bliss in comparison.
Suppose the driver is an honest married
man and not any LOO good-looking,
the other fellow who travels over
part of your route hires glib
tongued, handsome driver, who at
least says he is not married,
and who knows how to catch
..mash" with every cook and chamber
maid on the route. The consequence
is they drink your milk up and swear
you left short measure. They leave it
all night in the hot kitchen, and it
sours; this, too, is laid at your door.
The mistress of the house wants to see
you, but she does not rise at the hour
you pass in the morning, so you must
drive two or three miles back after you
have finished your route to explain. She
decides it is case of veracity between
you and the servants. 1t is an easy
matter to get new milkman, but
everybody knows how hard 1t is to get
new servants, ergo the mlkman must
90. All the babies on the route must
have milk from one distinct COW. To
do this and make fair profit you must
charge extra, while you notice your
hated rival carrying but one small can
which he fills from the big can as he
goes along. A little lie takes the place
of unlimited labor. We will not say
anything about watering the milk That
is such clumsy swindling that no man
will believe you if you favor him with
the pure article. But why go onp If
you want to keep clear of sheol don't
sell milk. Datryn,dn.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-08
AN INTERESTING MUSEUM.

Berlin Establishment Where the His
tory OF Postal REORGANIZATION May
Be Studied.
1t is quite in keeping with the pater-
nal character of state management in
Germany that the postoffice should have
established museum showing the his
torical development of every appliance
used in postal business. The Berlin
postofiice museum is in oh arge of an Off
Ger of the chief secretary's department,
and skilled mechanic waits on visitors
to furnish explanations and show the APP
paratus at work. Here one may trace
the evolution of the means of letter con-
veyance, from the runner on stills to the
h'ghly-developed railway sorting car
riage. All nations are represented; we
see the dashing royal mail of England,
the dome on wheels which carried the
mails of Denmark till 1912, and the
primitive means of India and Japan.
The moving adventures of the mails by
flood and field are depicted in old prints
and photographs. No detail is over
looked. Wagon-b building is illustrated
down to the spokes of the wheels;
there are specimens of horseshoes
and models of the pastern; there
are saddles, lamps, horns. stamps, locks,
letter boxes, and weights of every peri
cd. Everything illustrates growth, and
also, it may be said, the immense Ger
man capacity of borrowing and improv-
ing upon the ideas of others. A large
amount of space is given up to models
of the principal postof1ices of the empire.
some being accompanied by photo
graphs and plans in section and eleva-
ton, SO that the department, in setting
about the building of new postoffice,
has great wealth of experience and
suggestion at hand. Field-post and
autobiography have a section. and a
corridor is devoted to a complete Rohr-
post cards of reduced size specially
printed for illustration. On the electri-
cal side the museum is equally COM
plete. The electric light, the telephone,
the monograph, are exhibited, and the
interested visitors are presented with
strips of the platinum sheet which has
Just given off several bars of we'll
known volkslied. Telegraphy is fairly
represented. and there is perhaps the
greatest practical value in this section.
which shows, for example, forms of in
sulators and house-top fixtures; the
manufacture of wire and its common
faults; the construction Of telegraph
lines and the tools used. The various
stages of decay in poles are illustrated
with the same fidelity. One pole is
shown tunneled by the woodpecker;
another contains q nest of the feath-
cred depredator in stu. 1t would, in
deed. be unsafe to assert that the mu-
scum omits any thing, not even screw
nails. Criticism is paralyzed before
such perfectly realized conception =
Phil Mall G0xetfe.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-08
Cool and swee. Milk Rooms.

A cool milk room. says Professor Shell
don. is especially valuable in summer
time. fastening the rising of cream, and
keeping the milk from souring. In or
der to produce the finest favored butter.
pure and delicate in aroma. it is essen
tial, consider, to prevent all approach
of sourness. and to churn sweet cream.
Acidity in milk is incipient decohlposi-
ton, and it is the more delicate favor
ing oils which suffer first of all among
the fats OF which butter is composed.
Butter made from perfectly fresh cream
is Of course pure flavor, but there is not
full flavor in it; and il full favored
butter is desired, which is generally the
case. it is necessary to let the cream
.'r'pen" by keeping it some days, but
keeping II sweet all the time. Some
persons prefer the cream to be slightly
sour when 1t is churned, and the sour
ing will make tough and keeping but
ter. somewhat less attractive in flavor.
and which is more easily churned as a
rule. But, at the same time, more ad-
mirable butter is made frem ripened
cream that is tree from perceptiblc acid
ity.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-08
e. ST. JOHN.
The Well-Deservcd Promotion Of q Prom
mont, Faithful and Emcient Railroad
Omcial.

The weli-Deservcd Promotion Of Prom
mont, Faithful and EhcIent Railroad
Omciai.
President r. r. Cable, of the Chicago,
Rock Island Il Pacific Railroad, has
issued the following important notice:
Mr.. L. st. John IS hereby appointed
assistant TO the General Manager. Tho
General Ticket and Passenger Depart
ments will remain under the jurisdic-
ton of Mr.. st. John as formerly, and
all communications in connection with
those departments should be addressed
to him as General Ticket and Passenger
Agent"
The above announcement OF Mr. St
Johns promotion will be read with in
terest and pleasure by the many who
have become intimate with him during
a very long career. He has been asso-
ciated with the road so long that he is
always considered part of the system.
good, reliable, and ever on time. Mr.
st. John entered the railway service in
1862; was clerk in the General Ticket
Office and Depot Ticket Agent of the
Quincy 4 Toledo Railroad at Quincy,
H., until its consolidation with the
Great Western Railroad. when he as
sumed a clerkship with that COM
pany in its General Ticket Depart
ment at Springfield, H., remain ng in
its service until July 5, 1868; on July
4, 1868, and until November, 1864, he
was employed as clerk in the General
Ticket office of the Chicago & Rock
Island Railway. November !, 1864, to
September l, 1869, he was chief clerk
in charge of the General Ticket De-
partment; September |, 1859. he was
appointed General Ticket Agent, and
January /, 1879, he was appoint
ed General Ticket and Passenger
Agent, which position he continues
to fill. On Saturday, July 4, Mr.. st.
John celebrated the twenty-second an
niversary of his connection with the
Rock Island Road Mr.. St. Johns
promotion is another illustration of the
well-known fact that the Rock Island
Road appreciates the merits of its oil
cials, and gives tangible evidence Of
its appreciation.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-08-08
FARM AND FlREs,os.

-Corns and bunions may be helped
and oftimes. removed by the constant
employment of the oleate OF copper.
spread as plaster.-CAscago Hsrald.
Fowls like newly-cut grass. They
should have all they want of il The
clippings from lawn mower are just
the thing for them. Sunfower seed,
which can be easily grown without
trouble, forms food of which fowls are
extremely fond. Chicago Journal.
Stones may be made very useful by
placing them around plants and trees as
q mulch. Thus used under trees, espe-
cially evergreens. they are very valuable.
One advantage over ordinary mulch in
using stones is that weeds are not so
likely to spring up among them
Prairie Farmer.
If your children should get peas,
beans or pebbles in their ears. do not
use pins, knitting needles or anything
of that kind in removing them. The
safest way is TO use syringe and warm
water. II insects should lodge in tho
ear. fill the ear with sweet oil. which
viii kin the animal and float it out
Albany journal.
Roll Jelly Cake: Four eggs beaten
very light, one cup of sugar, one cup of
flour, one teaspoonful OF cream of tar
tar. Tablespoonful of soda and pinch
of salt. Bake in long tins in thin sheets.
spread while warm with jelly and roll,
and wrap in towel to keep moist. 1t
is very good.-7he Caterer.
-Stewed Lamb: Take the neck or
breast. cut into small pieces. and put In
a stew pan with some thinly sliced salt
pork, and enough water to cover it;
cover closely and stew until tender,
skim off all the scum. and add quart
Of green peas, adding more water if
necessary; when the peas are tender,
season with pepper and butter rolled
with flour. The Household.
To kill bugs in peas pour almost
boiling hot water upon them, let it re-
main about ten seconds and then pour
off This will not hurt the peas-they
will sprout all the quicker for 1t and 1t
will destroy all the bugs at once. We
have practiced this method successfully
for years, says the Orange County
Farmer. We should do it just before
planting the peas.
Professor Arnold says COW holds
up her milk because If the involuntary
action of the muscles that tighten about
| the milk reservoirs. The COW is a very
nervous creature. 1t takes but little tc
excite her, and when she is being MIXED
the utmost care should be exercised by
the mixer, and her surroundings should
be quiet. Permit no unusual noises
Have no dog running or barking about
| her. TROY Times.