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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1885-08-12

Strange as it may seem, hydropho-
bia is in-cur-raging.-Ex.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1885-08-12

MI ohlu+huE oALE"
Default having been made in the terms and con.
ditions of n certain indenture of mortgage, bear
ing date the 10th day of April, A. ID. 1881, and
ecuted by and between Isaac r. Selleck and Add
v. Selleck of the first part, and Columbus N. Dag
gett OF the second part, and duly recorded in tn,
Office of the Register of Deeds for the county Of A
mortgages, on page 81, and by which said defaul
the power of sale in said mortgage contained ha
become operative and IL being claimed that there
now due and unpaid ut the date hereof on sai,
mortgage, the sum of one hundred and twenty nin'
dollars and thirty cents, l.l29 30l, TOR principe.
and interest, together with attorney fee OF hf-
teen l5r dollars, provided tor in said mortgage anC
no suit or proceeding either ut law or in equity,
having been instituted to cover the amount se.
cured by said mortgage. OF any part thereof, now,
therefore;
Notice is hereby given thlt on the 10Th day OF
September A. ID. 1885, at two O'Clock in the afternoon
of said day. at the front door of the Court House
in the city of Alpena, county of Alpena, and State
of Michigan, that being the building in witch tn,
gagged premises are situated is held, there will
be sold .t public auction, TO the highest bidder
the p emses described in said mortgage or so mucl
thereof may be necessary to satisfy the said debt
the interest thereon. and said attorney fee, and al
costs and charges allowed by law. Said mortgag
ed premises are situated in Alpena township
county of Alpena, and State of Michigan, anc
described as follows: All that pieco or parcel OF
land described in said mortgage as follows, to-wit
Southwest quarter of the southeast quarter OF
section 25, town thirty-two, north OF range eighI
(sl east.
COLUMBUS N DAGGETT,
Mortgage
VIcToE G.. BURsHAM,
Attorney for Mortgage. 72iw1s
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1885-08-12
- HERIFF's SALE.

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Notice is hereby given that by virtue OF writ OF
feri facias, issued out of the Circuit Court foI
the county Of Alpena, dated on the 9th day OF
June, A. ID. 1885, in favor of John g. Beekman,
plaintiff, and against the goods and chattes. land'
and tenements, of Daniel carter, defendant, 70.
the sum of three hundred aud thirty -seven dollar
and thirty-eight cents l337.3Sl. and returnable
the hrst day of September, A. ID. 1885, to me direct
ed and delivered. did, on the 9th day Of June, A
d. 1888, levy upon all the right, title and interes
OF Daniel Carter. in and to the following descrbed
real estate, to-wit All that piece parcel OF land
commencing at the corner of Chisholm and irs
streets thence mort beast rst street seventy
feet thence southeast siXtysx feet thence southwest
seventy-four feet. thence northwest sixty-six fee
to the place of beginning, being part of lot Ave
IN block one, of Hitchcocks first addition to tn,
village, now city, OF Alpena, rs per the recorded
plat thereof. All of which shall expose for salt
at public auction venduo TO the highest bidder at
the front door OF the Court House, in the city OF
Apena, in said county, on the 9th day of August,
A. ID. 1885, at ten o'clock in tho forenoon Of said
day.
Dated July I'd, 1885.
JAMES t. DENTON
Sheriff of Alpena county
By CHAs l.. LYNCH,
Under Sheriff.
j. b. NEWTON, Atty for Pltf. 727w5
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1885-08-12

In Pennsylvania the figures show
l70. 52I males To lao. 40 females. In
Virginia they bring TO light the fact
that there are ~. 5S.l ma c. To 1S6.9I
females. In III nos there are 1886
$40 males 20 only l,4y ,3iS females. or
moro than 95.UOO OF an excess OF ME
former. -Piitsbvroh Posi-.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1885-08-12
- HERtFF'S SALE.

- hERlFFS SALE.
Notice Is hereby given that by virtue OF writ of
heri facas issued out OF the Circuit Court for tn,
county Oh Alpena, dated on the Cd day OF July, a.
H. 1889, IN favor Of Clarisa Harshnw, plaintiff aud
against the goods and chattels lands and tenement-
OF william j. Edwards, defendant. for the sum OF
hfty dollars and eightyseyen cents f5O ST. and re.
turnabe on the first day OF September. A b. 1885.
TO me directed and delivered, 1 did, on the 2d day
OF July, A. ID. 1873, levy upon all the right, it'll
and interest OF William j Edwards in and 10 The
following described real estate TO wit: The soutn
half OF the northeast quarter Of section four az
town thirty-one 31l north of range eight 49, east
All of which shall expose for sale at public nue.
ton vendue, 20 the highest bidder, at the from
door Of the Court House, in the city OF Alpena, il
said county, on the 77th day of August, a ID. 1885,
ut ten o'clock in the forenoon OF said day.
Dated July %, 1885. -
JAMES Z. DENTON,
Sheriff Of Alpena county.
by CHAs. l.. LYsoH.
727w1 Under Sheriff.
J. d. NEWTON, Atty for Pltf
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1885-08-12
ALPENA WEEKLY ARGUS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
DUST AND ASHES.

She practiced on him all her wiles
Till In loves silken net she caught him.,
Ard showered on him her sweetest smiles
When to her feet she captive brought him.
But when he pleaded with the maid
TO be regarded as her lover,
She 81 ghed a llttle blushed, and said:
"Please walt until the summers over"
And then began loves golden dream;
To every picnic. every dance he
Took her, and bought her lemon cream
And other things that maldens fancy.
At beach hotels with her he hoped,
For she was quite an ardent danceri
At length the youth the question popped,
And waited TO- the maiden's answer.
IL drew the sweetness from his life,
1t burned and scorched him like blister |;
Twas this: al can not be your wife,
But Will be to you sister"
-BOston courier.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1885-08-12
. ORTGAGE SALE.

J. b. NEWTON, Atty fer Plt'a. 4
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-13

endowment rank, carrying an aggregate
life insurance of over $40, 100000. This
branch has already paid S2,500,Oo0 IN
premiums to widows and orphans.
Coming events DO not always cast their
shadow before. The Sterling Gazette
says: There was young man incar-
cerated in the county Jail a short time ago
because he was unable to make provision
for an expectant heir, whose paternity he
was not so certain of. The expected event
occurring, revealed the fact beyond dis
pute that its father should be looked for
among citizens of African descent, and
the states attorney telephoned promptly
| to Morrison for the release of the wrong
ly accused gentleman. "
| One of the handsomest and most unique
and original ideas in chrome TYPOGRAPHY
is the Columbia Valentine, just issued by
the Pope Manufacturing Co., of Boston,
Mass. The design, which is in twelve
colors and mounted upon a panel, is
genuine work of art. The picture, from
a painting by Copeland, of Boston, is ar
tistically divided into three scenic sec
tions: the first view of early sunrise
with fine atmospheric effect, represents
the wheelman's morning ride; the center
scene. appropriately framed by the tire OF
an Expert bicycle, is strikingly beautiful
view of picturesque country, a lady rid
ing upon tricycle. accompanied by a
mounted bicyclist, crossing rustic bridge
in the foreground the last scene is
wheel by moonlight, the bright rays OF
the hub lights cutting the semi darkness
Upon the back of the panel is poem de
scriptive of the picture.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-13
Naws c,uders Found an the Track


The freight trains are again in motion
on all the roads.
Business is again picking up on all the
roads. and the different agents expect to
do a large spring business.
Train men are instructed to run care,
fully, and to not attempt to make up lost
time.
Many of the engines still carry snow
plows to scoop off any snow that may
drift on the tracks.
The engines on the c., NJ. u st. +.
road are still draped in mourning in hons
or to the memory of the late Manager
Merrill.
No. 3, on the c.. NJ. s. ST. P, arrived
two hours late this morning from Mil
waulee. Conductor Tilton reported it a
tough night on the road.
Engine 375, which jumped the track
Just east of Port Byron Monday night,
was placed back on the rails yesterday,
and is again ready for duty.
The c., r. l. & P is having more hard
luck. Last night freight train was
wrecked near Seneca, and tie track was
blockaded for several hours. The pas
senger trains from the east were consid
erably late this morning in consequence
Superintendent Sudlow, of the Rock
Island & Peoria, is sending out all the
cars that the engines can pull, and eX>
poets to have everything in good shape
by Monday morning. Several extras are
running on the Mercer County road, and
the demand for coal is now being filed
Engineers Bliss and Rlckard, of the c.,
NJ. & st. p. road, had rough experience
in the snow drifts the fore part of The
week near Port Byron. They had &c
shovel snow in the engine tanks to keeE
them "alive. Mr.. Bliss is hobbling
around with Il lame ankle, the result Of
bucking snow.
The c. N. & st. P. is trying an appa-
ratus for cleaning the ice and snow from
between the rails, which does the busi>
ness. 1t is hung under car of its own
and is in form something like a snow
pillow, only narrower. On the heal of eacl
mould board is a wide knife riveted on.
This cuts the ice to within An inch or sc
of the rail, and skins just over the heads
of the spikes. 1t is held down by a heavy
coil spring, and raised by half cam ant
friction rollers, easily worked from the en-
CINE by the air pump attachment. 1t i:
estimated that in cleaning the ice anC
snow from between the rails one of these
tlanges propelled by an ordinary freigh
engine, will DO the work of one Thousand
men II is the, invention of Matt Ellis
master mechanic of the ST. Paul &
Omaha.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-13

The city council will hold a special
meeting next Monday evening, at which
time it is expected that Judge Wilkinson
will present the revised ordinance that has
engaged his attention for the past six
months or more. The council should take
this opportunity to rectify the error made
at the last meeting in repeating the cons
pulsory vaccination section Of the health
ordinance. The question has never prop.
erly been voted upon by the council, and
there is almost a unanimity of feeling
against changing the ordinance, which
should find an expression by the vote OF
each member.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-13
FURIOUS FLAMES.
Appalling Disaster TO Lunatics i'll the
Insane Ward of an AlmshOuSe.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb, 13.-That portion
of the Philadelphia almshouse and hospi>
tai set apart for the insane was burned to
the ground last night. From twenty five
to forty insane patients, most of them in
the violent department, persisted in the
flames. Theirs were 6S4 insane persons
in the building many of whom were res
cued almost suffOcated by the smoke.
Only seven of the bodies of those who
persisted were brought out of the burning
building.
At s o'clock Mrs. Umsted, the head
nurse in the department for the insane,
discovered fire in the wall in ward NJ
which led from the first floor to the top of
the building She called to her woman
assistants and cndeayored with their
help to put out the flames, as they
appeared to be of trifling nature,
by dashing upon them buckets OF
water. 4 few minutes work convinced
the women that this method of extin.
gushing the fire would prove Intellectual.
| The watChmen from the different buildings
mustered with all possible speed toward
the burning building and turned on the
hose. But the force of the stream was
! very feeble and the watChmen soon saw
that they could not succeed in the combat
with the flames, and an alarm was sound
ed from the Twentytirst District police
station.
An immense crowd attracted by the fire
from all parts Of West Philadelphia,
watched the efforts of the firemcn, and
when the first man, with dripping helmet
and smoky garments, appeared upon the
head of the ladder bearing in his arms a
sick patient, they cheered again and
again, with a mighty enthusiasm that ans
mated the men to increased cxertions.
The roar of the flames sounded like the
noise of Niagara as they enveloped the
doomed building, but when they at last
reached the cells Of the miserable wretch
es, who had been left, there came out of
the fire cries and wild shrieks for help
that chilled the blood of all who had
| heard them, and rose above the destroy
ing element. Wall after wall of an
guiSh told tie fate Of some poor creature
who was being burned to death in the
hearing of thousands Of spectators.
The buildings are located over three
miles from the center of the city, and the
news from the ground is considerably de
layed, there being no direct commuuica-
ton by wire with the buildings.
The fire is supposed to have originated
from an overheated stovepipe or a de-
! fective fiuc.
In the confusion scores of patients es>
capped from the guards and found their
way to the streets and are now wander
ing through the city A number Of these
have been captured by the police and
locked up in the various station houses.
1t is stated that sixty of the inmates
| perished.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-13
County Building
TRANSFERS..

i'll. r. Cole to James Thompson,
neI 81, 20, ,, 81, and John n. Davis to
James Thompson, same description, s., 5
800, Imperfect description.
T. L. Wade to Caroline Wade. e2 sci
and all of el mel II, IS. Gw, south of the
big slough, and nwl swl and sw4 swi Il,
Is, Gw, mo consideration mentioned.)
PROBATE.
12-Estate of Thomas Birmingham, de-
ceased. Appraisement bill and widows
award filed and approved.
Estate of Henry L. Benn, deceased.
Appraisement bill and widows award
filed and approved.
Estate of Louis Meyer, deceased. Final
account filed and approved and estate
closed.
13-Guardianship of David Herman
johnson, minor heir of Gustaf johnson,
deceased. Letters of guardianship issued
to Oliver P Olsen. Bond and inven-
tory filed and approved.
Estate Of Gustaf Johnson, deceased
Final account of administrator filed and
approved, and order of redistribution. Re-
port of distribution filed and approved
Estate closed
LICENSED To WE'D.
l2--Roswell Kohn and Miss Emma An.
derson, of Davenport.
13-Charles Henry Snow and Mrs
Mary Hoffman, of Perryton township,
Mercer county.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-13

Tomorrow will be the Chinese new
year, ana it ls great fete day among the
pig tailed people. Rock Island contains
very few people of this nationality, and it
is expected that those who do reside here,
will observe the day. The Chinaman is
exclusively a money making man, the
personi6cation of personal stint, but on
his New Years day everything goes. He
INDUCES in Injuries on that day. Besides
ducks, chickens, geese, pork, fresh fish
and wine, which good Christian might
full well enjoy, there are on that day
numberless condiments precious only to
a Chinese palate. Days are spent in max
ing fire crackers, tapers, incense sticks
and silver paper money for the worship
for the decoration of houses and walls,
and candles for the family affairs.
With New Years eve all COM
mercial activity ceases in Chinese
town, and wholesale pilgrimages 20 the
various temples are the order Of the day,
or rather the night. From what can be
learned the worship consists of series of
bows and kneelings, accompanied by of
ferings and religious chatter First the
| devotee takes few sticks of incense,
| lights them at one of the alter candles and
sticks them into the ashes which fill the
censor. He then claps his hands together,
bows his head forward aud brings them
up to his forehead three times. Then he
kneels, throws his body forward upon his
outstretched hands, knocks his forehead
three times upon the floor and rises, when
he repeats the salute with the hands as
before. He then starts the Fourth of
July racket by lighting as many strings
of fire crackers as his financial eircum-
stances will permit If the worshiper
feels SO inclined, he cOnsults the gods as
TO the future, which is done by throwing
two pieces of wood constructed for the
purpose upon the ground before the i'm
age. From the position of the sticks
good or evil is augured. Then the wor-
shipper reti-eS in silence and goes through
the same operation at some other shrine.
The whole ceremony is performed with
reverence and silence About O'Clock
in the morning New Years service is at
its height, and the din of fire crackers res
sembles volleys of musketry, With day
light of New Years day the noise is over.
The male population, which has been i'm
bibing freely, soak their hcads-like many
a christian has to do on his New Years
day. The women and children, fantastic
ally dressed, enjoy one Of the very rare
occasions on which they ARE permitted to
show their fnery in public.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-13

J. 7. Mount, representing New York
cutlery house, met with a painful cXpe-
rienCe this morning. that will deter him
from travelling for some days to come.
he opened up his sample case at Mr.. c. C..
Taylor's this morning, but before Mr..
Taylor had looked at any of his goods, his
attention was engaged by Mr.. Blythe, Of
the Commercial hotel, who asked to look
at some wall paper, Suddenly he heard
the stranger exclaim Il have stabbed my
self" and turning around they saw blood
flowing down his limb and forming a
crimson pool on the floor. The wound
bled copiously and by the time he was
carried into Speldels drug store, next
door, he was quite exhausted. Dr. Bern>
hardi was fortunately near at hand, and
his services stopped the flow of blood.
The wound was in the left groin, and the
physician stated that an artery had been
severed. The injured man was conveyed
to the Harper house, and made as COM
Portable as possible At first he was I'M
able to explain how the accident occurred,
but he recollected that he was handling a
small penknife with the blade open, which
slipped from his hand, and in grabbing il
with the other hand he jerked it towards
him with the above result. Mount re-
fused to converse about the matter after
he was placed in bed,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-13
a Mistake

Patrick Ford is d young man who wa.
enjoyed as driver on the Rock Island
and Moline street railway last summer
but when cold weather came on he re
signed his position. lie thought that thu
life Of brakeman on the railroad wa,
much easier than that of mule whacker
and so he engaged with the c., r. l, & P
A few days ago, while coupling cars, h
had his left hand badly mashed, and h(
lost all his fingers on that member. H,
no doubt now wishes that he had remain
ed in his old position.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-13
Police Dninps.

Frank Fisher, the inebriate who at,
tempted to cool himself off in snow
drift, was fined 81 and costs yesterday.
Wednesday night Officer Etzel hauled
in one Chas. Burkmann, of Davenport.
who is charged with having stolen Il Sl3
overcoat at Armory hall on Nov, 29lb,
the evening of the celebrated Social Six"
ball The garment belonged to Frank
Murphy, Of this city, but since that time
it has warmed the back of Burkmann
Squire Chopper held the defendant in
$500 bail, which was furnished. The
Social Six" are bound to go down to
posterity as the authors of much deviltry.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-13
The Rink.

There was the usual jam up crowd at
the rink last night, and the usual CONS
icalties to be noticed. The rink fever is
spreading, and if something is not done
the entire population will go crazy, skato>
rally. We shudder at the thought. Ii
the mighty attendance increases much
more Manager Collins will be compelled
to enlarge the rink or construct another
floor half way between the ceiling and the
present one. He would receive the thanks
of the skaters if he would weed out the
kids at the night session.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-13
FllchIng.

There has been some systematic steal
ing going on at the skating rink lately,
and the other day two young girls were
suspicioned, and when searched several
stolen pocket books were found on their
persons. They have confined their ope-
rations to the afternoon session, and when
the cloak room was empty they would
sneak in and rifle the outside garments of
the children. For the sake of their pa
rents, and in the hope that the girls will
never be guilty again of taking that which
does not belong to them VIC refrain from
publishing their names. They were given
tt good lecturing by Manager Collins.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-13
Tha CollecIorshIp.

The Office of collector has already at :
tracted several hungry republicans. The
unanimity with which they announce
themselves for collector is remarkable.
The other offices appear to go begging,
while there are numerous applicants for
this one. Already three candidates are
in the field on the republican side, while
the democratic slate has not yet received
scratch. We are glad to see the mods
esty displayed by the democrats in this
matter. Of course they will have cand;-
dates for the place before long, but when
they enter the ring they will be fresh and
the contest will be short and sharp.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-13
Cold.

1t was frightfully cold last night and
this morning, mercury ranginga all the way
from % to 80 degrees below zero in this
city. 1t was reported "a below on the
bridge and Engineer McGovcrn said it was
Sc below at Savanna, when he passed
there early this morning. 1t was singer
and no mistake. When will spring come,
is the general query. ..
A change for the better took place this
afternoon, and mercury gradually ascend,
ed until person could venture out Of
doors without danger of being frost bit,
ten
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-13

Architect Beck refused 10 sign the con-
tract to prepare a city map, from the fact
that it required him to secure the lost
proliles of the water works system and
sewers. He had understood the city
would furnish them Mr.. Beck, with
Mayor Mott, and the street and alley and
finance committees, met yesterday after
noon for the purpose of definite under>
standing The reasonableness of Mr..
Becks objection was admitted by the
officials, and the contract was accordingly
altered. Mr. Beck furnished a bond of
$500, with Messrs. Peter Ecker and Chas.
| Ritter as sureties, for a faithful execution
of the work, which is to be completed in
two months. The profiles desired by the
city were in the possession of Mr.. Fred
| Cramer when he was discharged as super
intendent of the waterworks, but he
failed to properly return them. After his
| incarceration at Joliet, he turned the pro-
iles over to his friends, giving them as
security for money raised to secure his
release. The amount advanced by them
is said to be S175, and his promise to re-
| deem them as soon as he could get work
after liberated, has not been fulfilled.
| Mayor Mott can secure the profiles by
paying certain sum for them, but he
sensibly refuses to purchase something
that already belongs to the city, and he
has decided to get along without them.
1t is supposed that they could be secured
| by due process Of law, but as the parties
holding them advanced their money IN
der the belief that they were the property
of Mr.. Cramer, the council will hardly
enforce them to relinquish their claim.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-13
For New Orleans.

Mr.. J. L. Cool, one of the oldest and
wealthiest citizens of Cordova, passed
through the city last night for New Or
leans to view the exposition and othel
sights at the Crescent city. He was ac
companied to this city by his son>in-law
Mr.. J. ]. Johnson the great lime dealer.