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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1886-04-21

The dsagreeable operation OF forcing
liquids into the head, and the use OF ex,
citing snutfS, are being superseded by Ely's
Cream Balm, cure for catarrh, colds In
the head and hay fever. IL Is safe and
pleasant remedy being easily applied with
the finger. II Is curing cases which have
defled the doctors. Price SOC.
| have myself used Ey's Cream Balm
(being afflicted with catarrh) with salts.
factory results, and recommend it to all
suffering with this terrible disease. 1t is
giving my trade universal satisfaction
l.. F. Gackcnhcimer, druggist, Van Vert
Ohio.
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From Mrs. l. n. Cannon, Maverick
ST., Il. Boston, Mass. + w. Kinsman 6
Co.-Gents: would say to my friends
and all who chance TO read this, that
have used Ad9mson's Botanic Cough Bal
sam In my family for long time, and
consider 1t "A very valuable medicine. II
cures when all other remedies fail. and
would cheeriully recommend it TO those
afflicted with coughs, colds, asthma, etc
| have just made purchase of two large
bottles to send to friend in Central City,
Col.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1886-04-21
Wednesday, 1prH 81, 1886.
Cost of the Great Strike to the Inno-
cent Public.
From the Chic

From the Chicago Tribune.
Some of the railroad men at st.
Louis have been estimating the cost
of the great railroad strike SO far as
the losses come within the range of
their observation. The amount of
freight that wouldhave been moved had
there been no disturbance is estimated
at 2S0,000,O00 pounds and possessing
probable value of s50,000,000. All
this property has been blockaded in
depots, cars, manufacturing establish
ments. and warehouses, much of it
has been seriously impaired in value
by the delay and Il considerable guam
tity of porishable goods must be reck-
oned as a dead loss to the owners.
There are no means Of calculating
the loss which the strike has inflicted
OH merchants, shippers, and other
outside parties, but the damage done
the railroads and their employees can
be estimated with close approach to
accuracy. The Gould lines have lost
$2,200,000 in gross revenue, $4,000
in damage to railroad property, and
100000 expended for detectives and
guards and in the futile effort to run
trains. The strikers have lost AT
least 100000 in wages, but 5000
engineers, conductors, tiremen, clerks
and telegraph operators had to quit
work Involuntary, and as most Of
them were high salaried men, their
losses were much greater than those
of the striking switchmen, trackmen
and freight handlers. All the idle
men have been compelled TO borrow
money, accept charity, or live on
savings during the time Of the strike.
The immediate loss sustained by the
railroads and their employees cannot
he less than 100000, which is
quite a sum for workmen and their
employers to throw in the fire as the
cost of four weeks of idleness and
riot without any tangible cause spe'
Gifted for the strike.
Some facts stated in the dispatches
from st. Louis tend to show the eX-
tent of the indirect damage caused
by the strike. Seven Touring mills
with a capacity Of 5000 barrels
day were forced to shut down, al
though they had given no ofense to
the strikers. A smelling works, EN-.
ploying 600 men, and 10 other manu-.
featuring establishments were COM
PEELED without having given any Of
tense to suspend OH account Of the
lack of transportation facilities. Hun.
dreds Of smaller establishments were
affected in the same way, and many
that avoided suspension lost ground
that it will take months to recover
Damage of this character was suffer
ed not only in st. Louis and Kansas
City, but in the greater portion of
three or four States, and it may be
said generally that the strike has SO
riously disturbed and injured the bus.
mess interests of four millions of PEG
pie. 1t damaged farmers, drovers,
dairymen, carpenters, masons, ma
chinists, factory hands, wood and
metal workers, and in fact every class
of people in the southwest
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Meteorological Report

During the week ending Monday,
April 10Th, 1886, the meteorological
report of the weather at Alpena city,
was as follows:
Highest temperature, GO degrees, on the 10Th
Lowest temperature, 81 degrees on the 18th.
Average temperature, ~ degrees.
Highest barometrie pressure, 30.i77 inches.
Lowest barometric pressure, SoO7s inches
Total rain fall 0.4i inches.
Prevailing wind, from the southeast.
Total movement Of the wind sl3 miles.
Greatest daily rain fall Olo inches, on the 18th.
Highest velocity of the wind, "a miles from the
southeast, on the 10th.
JAMES j. FITZGERALD,
Serg't Signal Corps, U. S. a.
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Hard Times.

While money is close, wages and prices
low, expenses should be cut down in every
household. Economy the watch word for
mothers, head of doctor bills, by always
keeping in the house, bottle of DR.. 30
sanko's Cough and Lung Syrup. Stops u
cough instantly, relieves consumption,
cures Group and pain in the chest in one
night. 1t is Just the remedy for hard
times. Price Scots and 81 co. Samples
free. Sold by Houk Il Perkins AMI Ii
Beebe. eow723yl
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Journal Of session held March 18th, 1885,
read and approved.
The President announced the following
standing committees for tho ensuing year.
Executive Committee -Bruneau, Wagon
er and Potter.
Finance Committee-Maltz, Nicholson
and Racettc.
Committee on Schools-Potter, Maltz and
Bruneau.
Committee on Racette,
Wagner and Superintendent.
Committee on Library Wagner, Mich
olson and Maltz.
PETITION.
From John l.. johnson and AZ others
asking the School Board to re-appoint Mrs.
Thos Scarf as Janitor of the Baldwin
school.
On motion Of Trustee Wagner the petit
ton was laid ON the table indefinally.
REPORTS OF OFFICERS.
From the superintendent, a statistical
report of the public schools for the month
ending March 2sth, 1886.
On motion of Mr.. Potter the report was
accepted and ordered placed on file for fu-
turc reference.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
From the Finance Committee recommend
ing the payment of the following bills:
N Paquette, cutting and piling wood.....s22 so
Richard Manning laborm............."....... 10 II
John Nugent. wood. 90
=
Moved by Mr.. Bruneau that the report
be accepted and warrants ordered drawn
for the payment of the several bills as re-
commended. Carried by vote of follows
Ayes-Maltz, Potter, Wagner, Nicholson,
Racette and Bruneau. Nays-None.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Moved by Mr.. Potter, that we proceed to
ballot for the election of Treasurer for
the ensuing year. Carried by unanimous
vote.
The result Of the ballot for Treasurer
was as follows: Whole number Of votes 6,
Of which Geo. l.. Maltz received 5, Edward
X. Potter, /.
The President declared George l.. Maltz
duly appointed Treasurer.
Moved by Mr. Wagner that the Treas
urer be required TO give bonds in the sum
of $4,000, with good and sufficient suretie>
to be approved by the Board. Carried by
unanimous vote.
The President requested to be excused
from further attendance at this meeting,
and on motion of Mr.. Nicholson his re-
quest was granted by unanimous vote.
On motion of Mr.. Potter, Trustee Maltz
was appointed President pro tenn.
The matter of making the appropriations
necessary for paying the expenses of the
ensuing year was then taken up by the full
Board, and after some time spent thereat,
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MORTGAGE SALE.

Default having been made IN the conditions OF q
certain mortgage, bearing date the sixth day, OF
E.p.,S Cshro hi. wf Of The own.bp %
Maple Ridse, Alpsna county, Michigan, to Henry
Bolton and Donald HcRse, OF the city of Alpena
Michigan, and recorded In the Office Of the Register
Of Deeds for said Aipena county, on the 2lst day
Of April, A. D. 1885, at o'clock in the forenoon OF
that day, in libsr Of mortgages. on pogc 2.2. by
said mortgage has become operative; and.
wHxREAs, There Is claimed to be duo upon said
mortgage at the date Of this notice, for principal
three dollars and seventy cents and no suit Q,
proceeding having been instituted, at law or In
seS.y 20 Dss ss aeot secured ~ said mort
Notice IL hereby. given. that By virtue Of the
power Of sale contained in said mortgage, and
such case mad. and provided. Tho unasrsispeS
will sell at public auction 10 the highest bidder.
the 9Th day Of April, A: D. 1886, at 10 o'clock Ia
House, on Chisholm street, in the city Of Alpena
Alpena county, Michigan, THAT being the place OF
holding the Circuit Court in said county,, tho
thereof TO satisfy said Indebtedness, the inters-t
thereon and the costs and expenses Of such sale al
oved By Law :sa premises being Described IN
.! parcels Of land, situate IN the township Of Ma
PIE Ridge. in the county Of Alpens, and STATE OF
south half Of the nortb.vest quarter Of section
tventythree t23l and the northeast quarter OF the
northeast quarter Of sestion Twenty-Five 27 all IN
tOWuenip tnIrty-twO uorth, OF range seven IN
the returns Of the surveyor general.
Dated Alpens, HichiSan, Jan. 4, 1886.
HENRY BOLTON and
DONALD IcRAE,
Mortgages
Attorney foy Mortgages. -. 's2wit
The above sale, at the request OF the mortgagor,
Is hereby adjourned until Monday, April 10, 1856,
at above place and hour.
HENRY BOLTON,
DONALD McRAE,
Mortgages.
Attorney for Mortgages.
The above sale. ne tho request Of the mortgagor,
10 hereby adjourned until Monday April 10th, 1859,
at ~ o'clock A, NJ st above men; pned place.
HENRY BOLTON,
DONALD McRAE,
- Mortgages
Attorney for Mortgages.
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Detroit Markets

The following market quotations
are copied from the Detroit Free
Press.
Apples, Sl.25 to $i.75 per barrel.
Butter, 10 to % per pound.
Flour per barrel, 1870 to 1915
Hay. bsled, $l2 to Sl3 per ton.
Mess beef 1915 to SO 90 per Dbl.
Oats per bushel, 80 to 80.
Onions, $500 to SO rs per barrel
Pork, sl0.25 to 1925 per Dbl
Potatoes, $0.45 to $3.50 per bushcf.
Wheat, $685. to S0.s6 per bushel.
The quotations, given by the Free
Press, are mostly of wholesale ma
ture. The prices at retail stores must
be somewhat higher.
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Weather.

The lowest temperature at various
sections of the country was as follows
during the week ending April 18th,
1SS6-Saturday excepted-thc six
observations being taken at ten
o'clock p. NJ, by the L. S. weather
observers
10 O'CLOCK p. NJ. OBSERVATION.
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Henry Schemals, foreman Henry
Krug Packing Co., st. Joseph, Mo-,
uses DIR. Thomas Eclectric Oil with
his men for strains. cuts, bruises,
chapped hands, etc. 1t is the best.
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Total Vote Cast In Alpena County
April 5th, 1885.

The following will show the total
vote cast at the elections held in the
wards and townships of this county
as shown by the Doll lists
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The steamer Saginaw Valley clear
cd from this port last Saturday, for
Cleveland. She arrived here on the
4th of January last. Her officers are
as follows:
Captain-Wm. Roach.
Mate Crookshanks.
Engineer-Wm. Harling.
Assistant-Geo. Kelly.
Clerk-John Marion.
Steward-J. r. Keen.
The Saginaw Valley will run be.
tween Cleveland and Bay City.
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NoTIcE.--My wife, Florastine Londri
having left my bed and board without
cause, all persons arc notified not 10 trust
or harbor her on my account, us ] shall
pay no debts of her contracting after this
late.
LOUIS LANDRI.
Alpcna. April II, 1886. 767w4*
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Moved by Alderman D'Aigle, that the
petition be referred to a committee of the
whole Council with power to act without
waiting until next meeting. Carried by
unanimous vote.
From the Smith Bridge Co., asking the
Council TO pay w. ii. Phelps the sum Of
$500 to apply on account OF building CEN
ter pier Of new bridge.
Moved by Alderman Kimball that the
communication be received and placed on
file and that warrant be ordered drawn
for $500 and charged to the Smith Bridge
Co. Carried by vote as follows: Ayes
Kimball, Carr, DAigle, McCandlish, Daoust
and Campbell. Nays-None.
REPORTS OF OFFICERS.
From the Comptroller, recommending
payment Of the following bills;
Monaghan a. %
w Mirre, making maps.............. 81 90
~ ~ w
i1u urayi OV
baryo 20
uotuoos 80 ~
Moved by Alderman DAigle, that the
report be accepted and warrants ordered
drawn for the payment of the several bills
as recommended Carried by vote as fol-
lows; Ayes-Kimball Carr, D'Aigle,
McCandlish, Daoust and Campbell. Nays
None.
MISCELLANEOUS.
From the Electric Light Co., presenting
a bid for lighting the streets for the next
five years. Referred to the Committee on
Streets and Sewers.
From the Alpena Gas Co., presenting
bid for the same for one year. Referred to
the same committee.
The liquor bond of w. G. Waukeen, with
Henry Beebe and John b. Mcdonald as
sureties, was presented and approved Of by
unanimous vote.
Moved by Alderman Carr, that the APP
pointmcnt Of officers be postponed until
next meeting. Carried by vote as follows
Ayes-Kimball, Carr. D'Aiglc, McCandlish
and Daoust. Nays-Campbell.
Moved by Alderman Kimball that when
we adjourn it be for ono week. Carried by
unanimous vote.
On motion of Alderman Daoust the Coun-
Gil adjourned.
CHARLES w. RICHARDSON,
JNo. S. McVIcAR, Mayor.
Recorder.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-29
What Astonished the Young Man.

II am a designer and an artist and
something of an inventor" said a young
mar who stood ON the corner of State
and Madison streets one sunny afternoon
last week, land / am familiar with the
vast possibilities in arrangement and
combination of colors and forms. But of
all the exhibitions of variety | ever saw
this takes the bark off the tree. I never
saw anything like it. For an even hour
l have been standing here, lost in amaze
ment."
"What do you meanT inquired the
Herald rambler.
"Why, the women's bonnets. Bet /
have seen 10, 600 women pass this corner
this afternoon, and not mi of them wore
a bonnet or hat or headdress of any sort
like any other woman. I have a quick
eye for such things, andif there had been
any two alike 1 should certainly have n
ticed them. Once in awhile you see one
that in some respects resembles some
other one, but upon close comparison you
find that they are quite unlike. The mar,
| vel to me is, as it must be to any one who
| gives the subject a moments thought,
how so many things as simple as most OF
| these bonnets are can be made with such
an endless variety. What designers these
bonnet-builders must be-wonderful,
truly wonderful. - Chicago Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-29
The Shah of Persia.

Probably the most restless man OF the
face of the earth is Nussir-u-deen, shah
of Persia, asylum of the universe, and
king of kings. These two titles, as
seriously given to the absolute monarch
Of Persia as we apply the more modest
term majesty, are not inappropriate. for
from the royal fiat there is no appeal.
Swarthier than most of his subjects, Of
middle height, very short-sighted, he Is
seldom without his s~pectacles, and until
he opens his mouth he gives rat er the
idea of the mild Hindu. But when he
speaks in his loud and imperious way, all
idea of mildness disappears. The loud
tone. however, is more the effect OF con-
slant habits Of command; and the Gus
tom of addressing his majesty in q low
tone. that is observed on all occasions,
probably tends to make it more noticea-
Bile by contrast. Although the king OF
Persia has a larger collection Of jewels
than any other monarch-save on state
occasions, such as the public salaam OF
the new year, he very seldom displays
any of them. He is striklngly plain in
his dress. The full skirted frock coat OF
black cloth, or, at times, Of finest cash
mere shawl, which in winter time is trim
med and lined with priceless fur, is his
usual wear: but the colors are generally
dark.-LondOs World.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-29

ago, I find mary curious styles of but
tons, which were in use at those periods.
The buttons used among the rich twenty
five years ago were made oil metal,
mostly in imitation of gold and silver.
In still earlier days 1t was the custom to
make buttons out of silver and gold
pieces, but that was long before my day
in the business, and | haven't any relics
of that time. Chintz and calico dresses
were profusely decorated with large but
tons of agate as large as a silver dollar,
among which red and purple predomi-
mated. Then there were the, small bronze
horn buttons, which became popular and
were much worn by the bellies of the
period. There was also used about this
time a large button of solid mother of
pearl. Then came glass buttons of
peculiar shapes, nickel buttons, with de-
signs of stars and other figures upon
them, and also, large brass buttons, with
which dresses were profusely trimmed.
| Cone-shaped, white porcelain buttons
were in vogue at n time, and the more
pointed they were, the more fashionable
they we're considered.
ssBrass buttons shaped as acorns, but
tons of brass open work, with red Innings,
and a myriad of other odd designs were
among the styles worn twenty-five years
ago. A little later small pearl buttons,
shirt buttons they were called, came into
use, and were seWed close together on the
front of a dress. About the same time
the metal buttons were made smaller,
and the glass and porcelain ones shared
| the same fate. The craze for small but
tons became as great as it had formerly
been for the large mes. Then it became
the fashion to initiate fruits and clusters
of grapes in buttons: These buttons wer e
worn in large lunches on the fronts of
ladies' suits and were almost as tempting
as the fruit Itself, the limitations were SO
perfect. Jet buttons superseded tF.ese
and were worn in various shapes, but
usually in the form of a long black worm;
They were used with heavy braided
plastrons and were, in their day, con
sidered Just the thing. '"-Ne~ York
Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-29
Duties of congressmen's Wives.

Some of the new Senator'S and Repre-
sentatives' wives, if they are not too self
conscious, or too awed by their position,
have a rich time of it in familiarizing
themselves with Washington ways,
writes a correspondent of the Buffalo
Commercial. One of them lately said to
me: II got a list of all the duty calls l
had to make, and went round and stuck
to it until l first made them, and, my
dear. when | was done l tell you | felt
like a tramp-going to all these strange
houses without knowing a soul inside"
I think they are very apt to enjoy their
FIRST winter the best of all, notwithstand-
ing some infelicities that come from lg-
norance, because the freshness of the
whole thing more than compensates for
the perils of inexperience. Then again
there are some who stay a long time and
never seem to gain -savoir faire. 1t was
not a new members. wife, but Mrs.
Bland, of Missouri, wife of the champion
~ssilver'' man, who kept one of Miss
Cleveland's lunch parties waiting while
she did an extra half hours shopping,
then made her appearance among the
company unconcerned and radiant, with
a shopping bag on her arm (not bundles,
though, as the story wa told in PRINT.
Major Poore CALAMITY says: "Why, Ger
tainly, she had to have her shopping-bag
TO carry her silver dollars in.' Miss
Cleveland received her beautifully, and
had the grace to wait five or ten minutes
longer before leading the way to the
dining-room.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-29
a Carriage Drawn by Sheep.

Almost every American in Paris who
has ridden out toward the Bots has seen
the old man in the little carriage drawn
by sheep pottering along in the Avenue
du Bots de Bologne. These sheep are
two fine tat South Downs, but the occu-
pant is d cripple named Dr. De Reroy.
tie has been by turns a soldier. q tray
eler, a politician, . journalist and q man
Of letters. A nephew Of the Able Lam
menais, he was for q while private secre.
tary Oh Lamartine, also ar intimate friend
of the Marquis OF Hartford, at whose
place in the Bots he frequently met
Prince Napoleon. During the wal nc
volunteered to carry important dis
patches out Of Paris for the government
Of the Defense Nationale. He started
alone in a balloon, which was caught In q
hurricane, carried into Switzerland, and
came down in the midst of the Mer de
Glace glacier, where his legs were SO
frost bitten that they had to be ampu-
tated. Beside his legs, he lost his for
tune BY the war.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-29
Fifty Gents for shave

The custom of having . barber call az
one's house has become quite the fashion
within the last few years. IL Is rather
expensive, but rich men can stand II.
FIFTY cents is the average fee de-
manded. Some men have fitted up spec
ial BARRIERS rooms at their homes. 9th
ers have easy chairs for the accommo-
dation Of their BARRIERS at their down
town places OF business. It used GO %
ferdinand Wards regular afternoon Gus
tom to summon his barber as soon as
business was over; he was a sort Of pi-
oneer ii this line down in Wall street:
Now there are dozens of spectators and
clerks who follow cut his ~aristocratlo
exampIe.-NeD Fork Times.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-29
odd Fashions i'm Buttons.

eButtons are now as much a part of
the makeup of a dress as the cloth it
self. . q dealer said to q reporter, land as
much care ID exercised in their selection
as Id the cutting and fitting of the gar
ment. The colors must harmonic with
that of the goods TO the shade, and in
size the buttons must correspond with the
general style of the dress and the toilet
which follows. On street costumes OF
rough imported cloth, which have lately
con1e into fashion, buttons as large as a
silver half dollar are used. They are
mostly of bronze, decorated with various
designs, and expensive. Some are made
of shell, and are variegated and brill
liant. The decorations on the bronze
buttons are landscapes, heads OF various
historical personages and horticultural
designs. There are still Others that are
made in imitation of cameo, and others
are manufactured from a peculiar mix
ture Of gilt and silver. Of course these
STYLES Of buttons would never do for
house costumes, but are quite appropri-
ate on the street on heavy garments. The
old style buttons, which were once 50
fashionable, are now uSeu Oh DldGh SAAh
suits. Women Of quiet taste, however,
always prefer fiat, silk covered buttons,
and small crochet buttons. School girls
affect large gilt buttons, but the hand.
some bronze buttons are the rage and
viii. no doubt, continue to be 80 for
SONS time.
I'm looking back over my stock Of ten,
fifteen, twenty and twenty-five years