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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1886-04-28
Journal Of session held April 10th, 1856,
read and approved.

Journal Of session held April 10th, 1856,
read and approved.
REPORTS or OFFICERS.
From the Comptroller, reporting that
Splitter q Co. refuse to pay the accrued in
terest up TO date ON tbs bridge bonds, but
offering to pay accrued interest up to date
of purchase.
Moved by Alderman Kimball, that the
Comptroller be instructed to sell the bridge
bonds to Splitter g. Co. for the purchase
price and accrued interest up to date Of
purchase, viz: March lst, 1886. Carried
by unanimous vote.
REPORTS Oh COMMITTEES.
To The Hon. The Common Council Of Mo
CITY Of Alpena:
and Sewers would most respectfully recommend
that the Street Commissioner he instructed TO
procure and cause to he posted in a consplcuous
place AZ each end OF tho new bridge connecting
second ana Dock streets. over Thunder Bay
river the following notice: 1880 fine for
driving on this bridge faster than walk, or
time"
All Of which is respectfully submitted.
81. y. ~ AlGl4E,
ALEX. CAMPBELL,
w. u. CARR.
Committee.
Moved by Alderman Kimball, that the
report be accepted, and the recommends.
tions Of the Committee concurrcd in. Car
ried unanimously.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Moved by Alderman Kimball, that a
warrant be ordered drawn on the City
Treasurer in favor of the Smith Bridge
Co. for the sum of five thousand dollars
($5,0OoOo), to apply on paying for the new
bridge. Carried by vote as follows; Ayes
-Kimball, Carr D'Aigle, McCandlish,
Daoust and Campbell. Nays-None.
The following druggist and liquor bonds
were presented, and on motion Of Alderman
DAiglc accepted and approved of by
unanimous vote.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1886-04-28

Moved by Alderman Kimball, that the
report be accepted, and the recommends.
tions Of the Committee concurrcd in. Car
ried unanimously.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1886-02-17
A LONG VOYAGE.
The Remarkable Cruise of n Columbus
(Ohio) Pleasure Boat.

The Remarkable Cruise of a Columbus
(Ohio) Pleasure Boat.
British custom officers once refused
to believe that an American vessel
which had arrived at an English port
could have sailed from Pittsburgh.
What would they have thought if the
voyage of boat from Columbus, O., TO
the coast of Norway. A boy, so runs
the story, had received from his father
present of boat, which it gave him
great amusement to sail on q little lake.
One night came terrible storm and
rain, creating a flood, and the next
morning the embankment of the lake
had disappeared and the boat couldnot
be found. An active search was made
in vain and extensive inquiry brought
no tidings of the missing boat. After
some months the father went on a trip
to Europe and took his little son with
him. On the Norwegian coast the boy
was filled with wonder and Joy to find
his boat again, still bearing legible
traces of his name.
There was only one way of solving
the mystery. The boat must have been
washed into the Scioto river, carried
down the Scioto into the Ohio, from
the Ohio into the Mississippi, thence
through the Mexican Gulf and by the
Gulf Stream along the Atlantic coast
and across to the coast of England and
Ireland, and finally to the coast of Nor
way, where it was thrown ashore
Youths Companion.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1886-02-17
PITH AND POINT.

"A woman may not be able to
sharpen pencil or throw stone az
hen, but she can pack more articles IN a
trunk than man can in one-horse
wagon. Hot Springs Ne,0S.
-"Have you read Whatshisname's
poemp" "No, sir, don't read poetry,
1 write it," "Well, l suppose that does
prejudice you against verse somewhat;
but l can assure you that some poetryls
really worth reading boston Tran
script.
"A young man who held loaded
pistol to his head, and threatened to
blow his brains out unless the girl who
had refused him would consent to have
him, was coolly told by the young lady
he would have to blow some brains into
his head first. He didn't blown Z.
Independent.
-Esmeralda Longcoffin-I believe,
Mr.. McGinnis, that you think | am
stupid creature. Hostetter McGinnis-
o, no, nothing of the kind. Nobody
can be called stupid who can so accu-
rately divine the thoughts of another as
you have done mine.-Ts1aS SVtiagS.
-"Robbie," said his father, you've
sat there looking out of the window and
haven't moved a muscle for thirty-fiye
minutes. Now, why couldn't you sit
still that way this morning?" "Sit still
this morningP' echoed Robbie, in amaze
ment. "How could / sit still this morn
ingp was in church!''-Budette.
"A countryman and his bride applied
at the box-office for tickets. Orchestra
chair, parquette or family circleP" asked
the ticket-seler "Which'll it be, Ma
rier?" asked the groom. well" she
replied, with blush, "beln' as how
we're married now, p'rhaps it would be
proper TO sit in the family circle. y
Nashville american.
The Locomotive publishes engrav-
ings in each issue, showing how boilers
look just after tl.ey have exploded. This
doesn't seem to hit the case at all. What
is needed is n picture showing how
boiler looks just before it is going to ex-
plode. We could then learn when to
get out of the way.-Ne,O Hdren Regis
ter.
Whistler, the artist, who writes
about 'nocturnes in red" symphonies
in blue" and arrangements in white"
is coming to this country to lecture.
This move is supposed to be an "ar-
in gold" but Whistler may
personate a nocturne in "blue" when he
returns home minus the American dol
lars he covets. -NorriStOOR Herdld.'
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1886-02-17
CHAPTER XIII.

Phil left the island two days later,
and Tregarthen was just as sane and
just as insane as he found him ON AZ
rival.
"You are provided for, Phil" said
Tregarthen, as he shook hands at part.
ing. my will was made long since,
and there is nobody but you to whom
care to leave a penny. do not wish
you i'll enough to leave you my secret.
It's type Of life at large" he added,
with mournful smile. II have spent
the best years of my life in hunting for
it, and now have found it is worth
less, and worse than worthless. l do
not know if shall see you again, for
to outlve hope is to almost outlive
everything, and have nothing left to
care for. If these are the last words
you hear of mine you will value them.
There II one possession in the world
worth coveting, and that is honor,
though it is so little valued that men sell
it for mess of pottage. Cherish Writ.
ue, Phil. She will not make you hap.
py. That is q foolish fable. If you
wish to be happy, be fool, and have
no care for the morrow; be hog with
the rest, and keep your feet in the
trough. But if only one man in the
world should turn his back ON the
worlds shameful joys, let that man be
yourself. Goodbye"
He drew Phil towards him and
kissed him on the cheek, and then
walked indoors. Phil went away well.
nigh heart broken, and this was the
first great grief of his manhood.
He told Marsh that his intercession
had been useless, but he had not the
heart to say more about his journey,
and he loved Arthur too well TO spread
the story of the talisman. He came to
know more of Mrs. Tregarthen, and
to have better ground than he had at
first for his good opinion of her. The
world is never of one complexion only,
even to the most profound natures, and
neither Mrs. Tregarthen nor Phil were
always shadowed by their respective
sorrows. For one thing, Miss Lima,
who had grown into charming
sprightly woman, was on the eve of o
brilliant marriage, and was gay from
morn till eve. She alone would have
kept more selfish creature than her
sister from stagnation, and there were
duties, social and professional, which
had to be attended to and served their
turn in keeping the wolf from the
door.
1t befell one day that the youngster,
walking in poetic cloudland toward
the house of the great actress, was sud
denly pulled from his dreams by hand
upon his arm, and turning round, saw
the pSst.
TO BE CONTINUED.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1886-02-17
WORK OF FUNNY MEN.
A Family Calendar and Book Of Health
and Humor for tho Million.

A Family Calendar and Book OF Health
and Humor for tho Million.
We are in receipt Of a little book
which, in richness of humor and gro
tcsquencss of illustration, may be said,
in the language of the wild West, to
stake the cake" 1t is simply drawing
it mild to say that it contains some of
the best examples Of American humor
ever published and the contributors,
who are well-known in the field of let
ters, have really excclled all former
efforts. The illustrations by comic art
lists are also in direct harmony with
the text. "Bill Nye" tells his ex-
perience with q cyclone. Il. x. Nuns
kittrick, OF Puck, rhymes funnily on
the four seasons. Mr.. II. d. Umbstaet-
ter. the originator of the book. de-
'cribes his wrestle with a grilled bone
in ''merrie England, and an. Quad"
of the Detroit Free Press, gives some
quaint aphorisms Of "Bruddcr Gard
ner's." The book. in fact, is not one
to be glanced at and laid aside and for
gotten, but can be taken up with pleas
ure at any time. It's title is the 81.
jacobs OIL FGmiiy CdicHdar and Book
Of HedM anil HHmor Jor the Million for
1886. 1t is published by the Charles
A. Vogeler Company, Baltimore, Nd,
the proprictors Of s.. Jacobs Ola
remedy which is universally known rs
she only cure for rheumatism and all
bodily pains, and which has been in.
dorsed by leading men in every coun-
try in the world. Red Star Cough
Cure, the new twenty-five cent remedy
ior throat and lung troubles, which is
also being manufactured by this house,
mas received the Endorsement Of legis-
"torS and boards Of health on account
Vt lis freedom from dangerous opiates
and its prompt efficacy The book is
distributed IN large cities By carriers
and in small towns by druggists. Wien
there is any difficulty in obtaining it,
stamp sent TO The Charles A. Vogeler
Company, will insure a copy by mail,
Ercdange.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1886-02-17
HE WAS BOUNCED,
The Terrible Fate of an overly Polite
Young Man.
fro BE CONTINUED

Aho E"No VI ONtEly
Young Man.
us it really true, Blanche, that Mr.
Knuppy doesn't wait on you any
moreP" said one girl to another as they
met and spasmodically kissed in State
street store the other day.
"0h, yes, dear. The fact is,
bounced the idiot nearly month ago
/ couldn't endure him, you know, and
so | got rid of him. thought every.
body knew it before this"
"Gracious me! hadn't heard word
Of it till last night. Tennie Barkelow
ran in and told me about it, and we
both thought it was just awful. How
in this world did it happen? Tell me
all about it, Blanche, for I'm just fairly
dying to hear the whole thing"
why, the horrid fool was such a
ninny."
"But / shouldn't think you'd mind
that, Blanche, for he had such delicious
blue eyes. Ineyer locked at them but
l thought how ravishing il would be il
a body could only get few scraps of
the same shade to scatter through q
crazy quilt"
"But the stupid creature didn't have
a bit Of sand. Not one Bit"
mo sandP"
mo, not grain"
blanche, what do you meanP'
al mean that he was a goose"
"But he was such a charming
talker, and he was always so diYinely
courteous about everything. l think
he was the politest man ever saw in
10Y life. / always thought his deport.
ment was too splendid for anything"
"Ye& he was wretchedly polite about
everything, In fact, he was altogether
too polite f0y me. !"
"foo polite, BlancheP Why, how
could that beP"
"In fact, it was more on account Of
his outrageous politeness than any
thing else that gave him the mitten." !"
81 never heard Of such a thing in all
my lifel What an unreasonable girl
you are! How could politeness be a
drawback"
"By making fool Of man."
IL don't see how that could be-"
Don't youp Well, you poor quizzi-
cal girl, II you'd been in my place
you'd understand it well enough; You
see the horrid fool was such goose
that he never tried to kiss me but once,
and he was so aggravatingly polite
that he didn't do II then"
How did that happenp"
"Why, just because l turned my
head little, and let on that l was
dreadful mad about it, the noddle-
pated ignoramus actually apologized
for his rudeness, and promised never
10 offend in that way again, and, IL
you will believe me, the stupid brute
actually kept his word and never did"
"Why, the horrid simpleton! What
q numbskull he must be. l don't
wonder that you bounced him, would
have fired him out myself. And the
poor fellow has been to college, too,
they say. Well, welll ! always said
that no good could come of studying
Latin and Greek, and now that prove
it, Chicago Ledger.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1886-02-17
MOTHERS PRAYERS.

q woman sits at the fireslde
Aud rocks babe on her breast,
Till the little one sleeps, then lays him,
In his downy cradle nest.
She softly kisses his sleeping eyes,
And kisses his forehead white.
And whispers low with happy smile:
"God bless ny boy tonight"
a woman stands at a cottage door
And looks out over the sea;
%sIhe sun sets red In leoden mist,
'It will storm tonight" says she.
@Mv sailor boy is homeward bound,
OIL stay the tempests might"
And she turns away with IA earnest prayer;
"God save my boy tonight"
And one in the bloom Of womanhood,
At work with happy smile,
Is packing a box for her darling,
WAnd thinking all the while
How proud and happy the lad will be,
Her school-boy merry and bright
When he opens the box from home-she
prays:
i ''God bless my boy tonight"
A woman old, with failing eyes,
Reads the news from distant camp,
Where her soldier son is serving
'@The nights are cold and damp;
A soldiers hfe is too hard for my boy
Ills hair like hers is white,
But he's still a boy to the mother who prays:
ICED keep my boy to-nightP
"A mother is reading letter
y From one who's far away
$'How can our boys go wrongY she says,
"When trusting mothers pray2
NV wanderer says: Your prayers for mo
Will keep me strong and right
i know he's true where er he be-
/ God bless my boy to night"
A mother sits In the cleaning,
u With lifted, fearful eyes
And empty arms; she dreams Of one
, Beyond the sunset skies:
e'Safe In the Fathers keeping,
D In that blest land OF light,
de waits for me, my angel babe
1 God keeps my boy to-nghtP
And so from over all .he world;
h The mothers prayers arise:
And who can tell the wondrous power
: That in their blessing l'esg
And many tread the downward path;
Somc walk I'm Gods own light;
But always loving mothers pray;
"God bless my boy to-nightr
Able Kline, IN N. Y. Ledger.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1886-02-17
VENETIAN WELL-HEADS.
One OF tho PeouIiarities of Italy's Most
Wonderful City.

Wonderful City.
Everybody who has visited Venice
must have taken note Of the ornamental
well-heads which abound on all hands.
The famous bronze wells in the court
yard Of the ducal palace will, of course,
be in every ones recollection; but every
piazza, the courtyard of every palace,
and almost every house in Venice has
its vera di pozzo of stone or marble, and
the collective series forms in itself a
veritable school of ornamental sculp-
ture of all ages from the earliest days
of the Republic down to the last CEN
tury. These well-tops, then, are a
notable and distinct feature, and the
term Uera di pozza, literally the "ring
of well, is probably of local applica-
ton only; they are in fact rings or per-
forated cylinders of stone or marble,
placed over the mouth of the well to
fence it in and protect it, and most of
them are furnished with flat-hinged
covers of iron. 1t is a curious fact, that
although the ground on which Venice
stands is a mere mud-bank intersected
on all hands by net of saltwater
canals and surrounded by the sea, there
is nevertheless an abundance of fresh
water at short distance beneath the
surface. The Venetian authorities have
at all times paid great attention to the
question of the water supply and in
Vulnerable ordinances and regulations
have been from age to age formulated
respecting these wells. = Christian al
Work.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1886-02-17

mo luncheon, SIR, and now no nn-
ner, and Mr.. Arthur going about like o
ghost, eating nothing for days to-
gether, and wearing himself into his
grave! For PHYS sake, Mr.. Philip,
do eat something, strand healthy
young gentleman like you, sir, ought
to have an appetite, I'm sure-for if
you don't 1 shall make up my mind
there's something dreadful in the house.
I'm half afraid to live in it already"
AT this appeal he consented; but
when he went to induce Tregarthen to
join him he found the door locked
against HIM, and there was 10 answer
to his summons.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1886-02-17
WHAT HE CAUGHT.
The Encouraging Experience of an Embryo
Book Agent.

A young fellow, who aspircd to be a
book agent, complained to his father,
who was in the same business, that he
did not have any success.
"Pooh, pooh," growled the father,
'Ive done very well at it, and you
have a better start than / had"
"But, father" the boy argued, 81
can't secure a mans attention. II /
could do that, I'd be all right. How
can ! do itp"
"All you've got to do is to catch
mans eye. Now 20 down to old
Colonel Bowen's with this Life of
Jones, and try him once"
The boy left with the book and in
half an hour came back.
"Well," queried the father, "did you
catch his eye?"
so, yes l caught his eye and /
caught his foot, too. You'll find what
is left of Mr.. Jones Life scattered in
front of old Rowen's ranch. Good
bye, I'm going West TO grow up with
the country. Merchant Traveller.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1886-02-17

The Philadelphia Ledger thinks that
the regulation Of the diet is the princi-
pal field for advance in the medical
profession in the near future. 1t is evil
dent even to the surface observer that
foods, habits and other incidents Of
life, being daily and continuous, must
have more influence on constitutional
tendencies than medicine or treatment,
which is occasional or varied.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-02-10

IT has become the fashion for pub
lie men, says the Sunday Capital, to
adopt crests after the manner Of the
nobility of the effete monarchies, and
that which Secretary Manning intro
duced at his recent dinner party has
created quite sensation because oil
its striking originality and the'signi6-
canoe Of the motto it bears-"An
eagle does not catch flies" Gen
Buffers crest is a goblet bearing the
legend: "Comme je trouve," while
that of Senator Iugalls is al open
eye with the words 10 Lati1: HE
wins who is aware" Gen. Logan
has recently adopted the style, aud
bis note paper now bears the very
pretty design ola calumet across an
Indian war bonnet This device
will be apt to revive the old stories
about the Generals Indian ancestry,
although be boasts of pure Irish
blood. Senator Sawyer, who is the
wag of the Senate, is thinking of fol-
lowing the example of other great
men in this respect, and will adopt as
the most appropriate crest for his pro-
fession of lumberman, an embattled
sawlog on an emerald pine forest,
with pair of engrailed bob sleds
upon the dexter chegron.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-02-10

The difficulties with the office-see k
ers, office-dispensers and the President
are not yet removed. There was q
quiet little gathering of Maryland
members of Congress last night, but
as each member bad bis man and re-
fused to go back on him, there were
no conclusions reached. To the mean
time, Collector Webster and other
republican Office holders, whose terms
of ofice have expired, are holding
over and drawing their pay which
democrats say ought to be theirs.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-02-10

Tbs CAPITAL has Fl. quenily called
attention to the importance Of q rail-
road down The Eastern Sboreof Mary
land to Salisbury, where it could
make connection with other roads 10
important points. and divert large
trade to Baltimore which now goes
to Philadelphia by the Delaware rail-
road.
It is gratifying to see that our eff
forts 10 that direction are bearing good
fruit. A bill is now being prepared
for the incorporation of railroad
from St. Micbaels, 10 Talbot county,
TO Salisbury, in Wicomoco county,
and will be submitted to the legisla-
ture 10 few days. Speaker Seth,
of the House, is Q warm friend
of the enterprise, and repeats the ar
guments urged through these col
umns. He says it is intended to
connect with the Baltimore and An
polls Short Line Road, now being
built. The route is to have connec-
ton by water between Annapolis and
Cooper's Hollow, four miles from st.
Michael's. The line of railroad is to
begin at Cooper's Hollow, run to St
Michael's, to Easton, to Preston, in
Caroline county, and then on to
Salisbury, were connection will be
made with the Wicomico and POGO
moke Railroad to Ocean City. Mr..
Seth says this road viii shorten the
distance between Baltimore and Sal
isbury to SIS miles. The rail route
now is up the peninsula to Whining
ton and thence to Baltimore, very
long trip By the new route Easton
would be brought within one hour
and a-half Of Baltimore, Salisbury
three hours and a-half, and Ocean
City four hours. He says this road
would attract large share of traffic
to Baltimore by rail that is now at
tracted to Philadelphia, aud that It
would be q profitable route for the
Baltimore and Ohio to operate
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-02-10

THEY tell in Louisville of citizen
OF that town who went to New York
recently and lived at one of the most
expensive hotels there. He stayed
four days and asked for his BILL
"Fify-one dollars" said the clerk. =
Guess again." said the Kentuckian.
"You haven't sized my pile yet. I've
more money than that "
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-02-10

Ex-Governor j. S. Morton of In
diana, the father of Arbor Day, says
10 late number of the "Outing, !"
there are one hundred and twenty
thousand miles of railway now re-
sonant with commerce 10 the United
State. Each mile contains, 5000
wooden ties (the average life of the
tie is ten years each Year ten per
cent. of lbe ties is renewed.) At 60
cents O piece the annual cost is more
than $50. 100000, and ten years from
date every tie now IA use will have
been renewed. Think Of the forests
thus destroyed, and of the other
means of consumption of timber pro-
ducts, 10 bridges. ears, warehouses,
depots and fuel. which the voracious
aud Unsuitable railroads also employ:
and do they replace any trees z Not
as vet But the courts have declared
the rights Of the States to regulate
railroads in many ways, and why not
as to their utilization for tree-plant-
ing along their lines on their 100 feet
of right of Aayg The legislature
now In session ought to take hold Of
this matter and pass law not only
requiring the railroads in our State
TO plant trees, but also all landown-
ers on The public highways.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-02-10

ANNAPOLIS is the capital of this
very imporlaot State, aud Norfolk is
merely q minor town in Virginia, and
yet the United States Senate has APP
propriated $250,000 for govern
ment building in the latter place, aud
only 100000 for one in the ancient
city on the Severn, the site of the
Naval Academy, and once the place
Of meeting for Congress itself This
Is not right,--American.
o, well, Annapolis is modest
city. The less she asks Of the gov
ernment and secures. the more will
be left for baltimore.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-02-10

Our city was shocked az the tele-
graphic announcement last night, OF
the death Of General Winfield Scott
Hancock. who died at 25l O'Clock
yesterday afternoon. At Governors
Island. 10 New York harbor, of q
carbunkle and a complication Of kid
ney troubles. He was 81 years oil
age. and bad been in the service Of
his country since 1910 when be en-
tered as cadet Ut the z. s. Military
Academy.
Gen. Hancock Is The senior major
general Of ihe army. BY bis death
Major Gen. SeHO6eId becomes senior
msjOr-general, and will ultimately
take command Of the department Of
he East and the division Of the At
lansic. Gen. Hancock's body win s.
taken Ia ST Louis fpr burial and
there plsced u - family nisusplsums