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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1888-01-04
JULY.

Citizens meeting at the Council
Room to discuss the question of bond
ing the city for paving streets.
4 First public parade of Thunder
Bay Legion, Select Knights, A. O. U.
w. No public celebration of the
Fourth at Alpena. Thompson's
"Around the World" at the Opera
House.
5. Base ball Mystics vs. Mutuals.
Score 16 to 10 favor of Mystics.
8 The Guards inspected by Inspect
or General F. S. Newberry. at the
rink.
II Burt Williams, aged II years,
drowned in the bay near State street
Is Exhibition by Lockwood IL
Flynn's circus at corner of Fourth
and Sable streets. The next night a
tornado summarily put an end to the
entertainment.
Is Special election to bond the city
for $4,000 to pave street. Vote cast
as follows: In favor of bonds, 1873
against bonds, $3.50.
20 Concert by Arion Quartet, of
Detroit, at the Congregational church.
"a Bish p Richter, of Grand Ra p
ids, holds confirmation services at the
Catholic churches.
% Postoffice moved to the store in
the Culligan block, Second street.
81 ARGUS seventeenth birthday.
A full description of AIpena city and
'ountv issued in supplement form.
Emma ID. Lemon gives an entertain
ment at Baptist church, consisting of
reading and Rotations.
81 Ed. Garland killed on the Mud
Lake railroad. Asleep on track.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1888-01-04
AUGUST.

Alpena Guards embark OH steamer
City of Mackinac, for State encamp
nent at Island Lake. Base ball, Al
pena VS.. Cheboygan score 16 to 6 in
favor of Cheboygan. On I'd second
game resulted in favor of Cheboygan
by score of 10 to Z.
4 Temperature warm-93 degrees
in the shade by government thermom
eter. DR.. Wilkinson serves an in
junction on city to prevent it extend
ing Sd street through his land
Excursion Of railroad employees
from Tawas to Thunder Bay Island.
8 Mark Lowell found guilty of big.
amy, at the Circuit Court.
II Mystic base ball club win game
from the Mutuals at Tawas Is
to IL.
IA Circuit Court jury returns q
verdict for $4,000 in favor of Geo. H
Sleator, for legal services rendered the
Richardson estate.
20 Open air concert on lawn at l.
6. Dafoe's residence, by Germania
band.
81 Burial of Sheriff Lynch.
% Base ball-Hopper lodge VS.
Alpepa lodge, f. Il A. NJ, and the
former wins by score of 80 to u.
"a Engine No. 8 enters Fletcher
street, being the first. Anna Berger
troupe concludes second entertain
ment at the rink. Organ recital at
Trinity church-Mrs. Tilden, of De-
troit, taking leading part in the
singing.
25 The d., B. G. Il A. X. II. ex-
ended to the terminou, near Dock
treet. Base ball at fair grounds
Mystics vs.. the Browns Of Tawas.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1888-01-04
OCTOBER.

2 Salvation Army commenced a
three days fight with Satan.
Commencement of the Tenth ag-
ricultural fair. Excursion train run
from depot to fair grounds.
13 Jas. Hamilton, aged 20, killed
at a lumber camp by log rolling
over him.
% New Opera House opened. Mu.
steal concert given by Germania band.
"a New depot at Dock street ter
minous opened for business.
q Frank fuckers troupe open at
the Opera House with East Lynn"
and render Dora" the next night.
20 The Shubert quartet club COM
mence the series of entertainments or
ganized by the Alpena Lecture Asso-
citation, at the Opera House.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1888-01-04
DECEMBER.

2 j. M. Blakley's store damaged
by fire s719.
3 Tug Sumner arrives with three
barges from Lake Erie.
/. Nearly one hundred gold fish left
in town by u. S. fish officials.
8 Tug Isbell makes her last lift of
fish getting about 400 pounds.
10 Tugs Angler and Grayling ar.
rive from Lake Michigan and clear
for Sand Beach on the 18th. No ice.
Is Commencement Of Nations fair
at the rink. Opening of new hall of
Fremont lodge No. "a, Knights of
Pythias.
% Entertainment by school chill
dren at the Opera House.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1888-01-04
JUNE.

8 Annual ball of the Guards, Civ
Ell at the rink.
5 First night train with Wagner
sleeper, leaves Alpena for Detroit.
The next day the first through day
train left for Detroit. Both trains
going through without change of cars.
7 Locomotive passes over new steel
bridge over the dam.
8 Remarkable escape of Chas. Her
ron, who was buried in caved well
IL hours. In Wilson township.
II Prize fight. near county line, be-
tween j. G. Comstock and Jack Wy
man. latter won on a foul.
IA Germania band concert on lawn
of f o. Avery.
10 The last night train leaves for
Detroit, the system of running night
trains having lasted but few days.
Base ball Alpena VS.. Mystics, score
l 3 to 3 in favor of Alpena.
16 Dedication of A. o. U. w.
hall, in the Mason block, Water street.
81 Base ball. Alpena VS.. Knights
of Pythias. Score, 10 to 16, in favor
of Alpena.
"a Celebration by French citizens,
including street parade, dance, etc.
Graduating exercises of class of 'S7,
of High school, at the Baptist church.
25 Fifth avenue theatrical troupe
close their season here plays render
ed being Fanchion, Esmeralda, Hin
den Hand, Hazel Kirk, Street Wait,
A quiet family, Peasants Girl Dream
and Uncle Daniel.
q Blinkie Morgan captured at the
residence of r. d. Williams. Sheriff
Lynch shot in the leg while assisting
at capture, and died at Detroit from
the effects in August.
% Exhibition of school children
nf ST. Bernard's school, at the Opera
House.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1888-01-04

28 j. T. Headley lectures on the
Sunny Side of Life" at Opera House.
20 Citizens badly sold by Abbey's
Uncle Toms Cabin, at Opera House.
During the early part Of April the
steel railroad bridge across the dam
was completed.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1888-01-04
History Of Alpena During the Year
1887.
JANUARY.

About two inches of snow on tn,
ground. Sleighing fair. River anc
bay covered with several inches of ice
Masquerade at Roller Rink. VIM
Deadgate severely injured at Crook
ed Lake log camp, by log which roll
ed off a sleigh.
2 Six degrees below zero.
5 Foot ball on rollers, Dudes VS.
Mother Hubbards, at the rink, thiro
game. Latter won.
Visit of Iosco Legion No. 5, A
O. u. W., to the lodge here.
7 Louis Buchner bound over for
trial at Circuit Court, on charge OF
being the cause Of the death of Ed
ward Morrise, one Of the Long Rap
ids charavarri party. Acquitted.
8 Eleven below zero. Six inch
snow storm-frst good sleighing.
10 First two mile race, at the roll
er rink, between Harry Worth, OF
Oscoda, and Little Mike, Of Alpena.
Worth won. Time sos. Second race
was won by Little Mike, on the 18th,
in $40, and on the 18th, Mike won
Sd race in TAI.
10 Masquerade ball bv Germania
band, at Opera House. Death of Mrs.
Patrick Gibbons, aged 81 years.
IA Foot of snow falls, on a level,
and 6 inches more on 18th, making
snow two feet deep. Death of j. G.
Diggins, aged SO.
Is Annual meeting of the Alpena
Agricultural Suciely.
IL Entertainment hv Alpena Musi-
cal society at the Opera House.
10 Tramps' carnival at roller rink.
81 Business Mems Protective Asso-
citation formed.
% Readings by Prof Cumnock at
the Opera House.
% Death of VIM Mirre, aged 81.
20 Concert by Alpena Musical So
ciety assisted by Miss Rood, Of St
Clair.
20 Residence Of VIM Barney, Will
son township. burned.
so Mrs. Sybi Carter lectures on
Emissions" at Trinity church.
81 Churchill House in its new To-
cation. Temperature, 16 below zero.
Third ward Sunday school concert.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1888-01-04
FEBRUARY.


8 Opening of toboggau slide. First
pine saw logs brought to town. Logs
were from the Hubbard Lake log
camps of the Com took Brothers, t.
their mill at foot of Eighth street
Train load about $4,000 feet.
Light rain.
8 Hopper Lodge, F. & A. NJ. or
ganized.
10 Six inch snow storm Work
commenced on railroad bridge near
edge of dam during the week.
IL Fifteen degrees below zero.
Is Polish citizens celebrate the
1863 revolution.
IA Death of Mrs. Sarah Young,
aged u.
Is Art entertainment by W. M.
French, at Opera House. Sanborn
township organized, consisting of town
20 north, ranges s and 8 east.
Is Two feet Of snow, on level,
over the county, and many places on
the streets snow FIVE feet.
10 Republican county convention
selects delegates to State and Judicial
conventions.
81 Masquerade ball by Germania
ban1, at the Opera House.
22 Dance at Opera House, by Al.
pena Boat Club. Presbyterian social
at the Armory.
Is Democratic ward caucuses. En-
tertainment by Third ward Sunday
school.
26 Democratic county convention
selects delegates to State and Judicial
conventions.
% Prohibition meeting at the Op'
era House.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1888-01-04
NOTICE.

Sealed Proposals will be received, by the
signed, until the 10th Of January, 1898, 70
nishing 700 cords Of body Beach and Maple
foot long, TO be cut from green timber, saw
both ends, and to be delivered, this winter,
several school buildings In the city Of Alp,
ordered by the Board Of Education.
WIN. A. McDONAL
Secretary School
Alpena, Dec. Is, 1887.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1888-01-04
NJ 4 RICH.

VI
/ Remains Of Chas. Staver brought
to town-kiIled by falling tree at a
Hubbard Lake camp.
2 Congregational society celebrate
the 25th anniversary at their church.
8 Republican judicial convention
nominate Robert j. Kelley as can
idate for Circuit Judge.
4 Thunder Bay Legion, No. IS. Sc
lect knights, A. 0. U. W., organized.
7 Mr.. Taylor addresses Prohibi-
ton meeting at the Opera House.
8. Explosi II of boiler at Carr,
mill, opposite Middle Island-Emery
Eugene, and Waldo Carr killed
Democratic judicial convention uomi
mates j. d. Turnbull fer Circuit Judge
10 Phillip Boyle killed on F., p. &
Co.'S railway. Minstrel show at OPP
era House.
II Woman's Christian Temperance
Union organized.
II First celebration of St. Patrick :
day at the Opera House. Banquet
served in Armory.
20 Salvation Army makes its first
parade.
81 Uniformed Division, Knights OF
Pythias, installed by w. G. Gage, OF
East Saginaw.
% Fusion city convention.
20 Republican city convention.
81 Prohibition lecture ut Opera
House, by w. T. Mills.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1888-01-04

DOCK STREET.


Headquarters for Crock
cry, Glassware, Lamp Goods
and Fruit Jars. Also in
stock, Velocipedes, Express
Wagons, Hammocks, Gro
quet Sets, Bird Cages, Tin
ware, Table and Pocket Cut
lery, Towels, Toweling, Oil
Cloths, Corsets, Laces, Hos
iery, Gloves, Notions, and
New Goods added every
week. We invite COMPARE
son of stock and prices.
LANGWORTHY & HISER.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1888-01-04
APRIL.


A Township aud State election.
Vote cast Democratic, 1854; Re
publican, 1895; Prohibition, 40
Greenback, Is. Majority against
Prohibition in this county, 460. X
]. Kelley elected Judge of this Circuit.
IA Knights of Pylbias take a trip
to Oscoda.
16 River free from ice from dam t.
mouth of river. Metropolitan theat.
rical troupe conclude four night sea.
son at the Opera House, playing Van
the Virginian, Pearl of Savoy, Ticket
of Leave Man, and Ireland as it is.
Is Opening of navigation by arriv.
al of the steamer Atlantic. from De-
troit. Was several days getting
through the ice in the bay.
10 Grand ball at the Opera House,
by knights Of Pythias. Old Folks
concert at the Baptist church.
20 Reception by Alpena Musical
Society at the Opera House.
% G. G. club gives the play Gin
derella, at the Opera House.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-02-09
A Merchant Who Secured Credit.

A Madawaska clothing dealer in the
ness vacation trip to Portland, Me-, and
dropped into one of the largest whole
sale clothing houses in the city to pur-
chase ready-made goods. He purchased
goods to the amount of $3.50, and asked
for credit. The Madawaska clothing
man was a good-looking fellow, and the
Portland wholesaler trusted him. This
week the Madawaska tailor came to
Portland, paid his $239, bought $500
worth of clothing, and asked for time
again. The proprietor called him into
his private Office and said:
$500 is quite bill p
eyes"
ST thought it wouldn't be out of place
to inquire little into your financial
standing, that's all"
"Quite right, quite right"
cat what profit do you sell these goods
in Madawaska 2"
''Ten per cent"
"Of course you have to pay freight on
these goods, sell some of them on credit,
and you find poor customer once in a
while?"
go yes"
81 don't think the firm will be able to
sell you goods unless you pay"
The Madawaska man stared at the
Portland wholesaler and said: 81 guess
you don't reckon ten per cent profit here
in Portland the way we do in Madawas-
ka. When pay 81 for an article, Mad
awaska pays me $40 for it..
''Sell you2 Well 1 guess we'll sell
you all the goods you want, my friend.
I'd trust you soon as I would the Bank
of England" concluded the wholesale
dealer in trousers, dispatching a clerk
to pack up the goods.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-02-09
How Snow Sheds are Built.

The Truckee New Republican says:
Snow sheds to cover the railway track
have been built at points on the Central
Pacific Road where it crosses the Sierra.
As the trains bound East leave Emf
grant Gap they run through one con-
tinuous shed for 80 miles. The purpose
of the sheds is to prevent the track be-
ing buried under falling and drifting
snow. They secure this end, but are
themselves the occasion of great incon-
venience, such as the noise, the loss of
view, and the combining of the smoke to
the train. There is nothing peculiar in
the construction of these sheds, which
have to support only the burden of the
snow. But on the line of the Canadian
Pacific, where the road crosses the Rocky
Mountains, sheds of a different con-
struction are needed. Before the road
was completed observations in the
mountains showed that avalanches must
be provided againts. A single avalanche
covered the track for distance of 300
feet and to the depth of 80 feet. The
results of these observations was that
the company built four and half miles
of snow sheds at an enormous expense.
The sheds We're constructed as follows:
On the high side of the mountain slope
a crib filled with stones is constructed
Along the entire length of the shed and
on the opposite of the track n timber
trestle is erected; strong timber beams
are laid from the top of the crib work to
the top of the trestle four feet apart, and
at an angle representing the slope of the
mountain as nearly as possible. These
are covered over with four inch planking
and the beams are braced on either side
from the trestle and from the crib. The
covering is placed at such a height as to
give 81 feet Roadway from the under
side of the beam to the centre of the
track. The longest of these sheds is
8, 700 feet.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-02-09
The Wildcat Came.

A Marbletown, Ulster county, n. Y,
farmer, not long since found that he was
losing his fowls so fast that his roost
would soon be depopulated unless a
stop was put to it. Whether the steal
ing was done by man or an animal he
could not tell. He decided to lie in
wait, and whatever it was "man or
devil" to attack. One cold night he
bundled up in horse blankets, robes and
overcoats, and hid himself near the
hennery. 1t was long, tedious watch,
and several times he almost decided to
trudge to the house and go to bed. He
never before realized what it was to
stand picket guard. He had heard old
veterans talk about it, but had no idea
there was any great hardship other than
being shot at.
Just as he was about to give up and
leave, he heard a soft-footed step, and
saw an animal of some kind moving
over the snow toward the place where
the fowls were rOOsting. It slipped
through hole and disappeared in the
building. Then, by the suppressed
squeaks of the hens, the farmer was con-
WINGED that the depredatOr he had been
waiting for was at work. Grasping his
club with a firm grip, he went to the
door, threw it open, and sprang inside.
He heard wicked growl, stealthy,
catlike movement, saw two balls of fire
in the dark, and then he struck with all
his might The blow was well aimed,
for it struck the wildcat between the
eyes and, no doubt, killed it at the first
blow, though the man continued to rain
down blows for minute or more. He
dragged the carcass to the house, and
the next morning, for the first time,
knew what q dangerous animal he had
killed. -Rtngston Freeman.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-02-09
HEALTH HINTS.

Eating onions and horseradish is
claimed to relieve dropsical swellings.
To remove soreness from the feet try
bathing them at night in pure alcohol.
1t is said that snutliug powdered borax
up the nostriIs will cure a catarrhal cold.
A good way to take cod liver oil, to
make it palatable, is by putting 1t into
tomato catsup.
Do not restrict the boys and girls in
the matter of fresh air. Dirt is often a
beneficial accompaniment.
Disease is often transmitted by the
hands through the mouth. Always wash
the hands on coming out of a sick room.
When felon first begins to make its
appearance, lake >lem0n,~c cut OFT one
end; put the finger in, and the longer it
is kept there the better.
Those who are troubled with sleepless
ness, should, if strong enough to do So,
take long walk in the evening Rid
ing in the open air also promotes sleep.
For chilblains, take ten pounds OF oak
bark, put it in a kettle and pour on it
six quarts of water. Let it boil down
to four quarts Soak the feet in it and
it will effect a certain cuie.
Fora cough, boli one ounce of faZs,ed
in pint of water, strain and add lit
tie honey, one ounce Of rock candy and
the juice of three lemons; mix and boil
well. Drink as hot as possible.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-02-09
FARM AND GARDEN,
Corn Stalks.

We have often referred to the great
waste as:oned on some farms by feed
ing corn fodder in such quantity that the
cattle would only pick of the leaves.
On recent visit to a section of Maine,
where sweet corn is grown for the pack
ing shops, the writer saw good illus
tTatiOn of the two methods of feeding.
Two barns were visited where fodder
from the same kind of corn was being
used. The corn was a large late variety,
and the stalks so juicy that the small ears
grew and filled out after it was cut up
and put in the barn. Gone of the men
said, and his word is good anywhere,
that he had as good mess of boiled
corn November Goth as he ever had, from
ears that were not full when he put the
fodder in the barn before frost). In one
of these barns the sweet, green, Juicy
cornstalks were six inches deep along
the barn floor where they had been taken
out of the managers, and about a cord of
them piled up to get them out of the
way. In the other barn where the same
breed of cattle were being fed with pre-
ciseiy the same kind of fodder, we asked
the man if he had any trouble in making
his cattle eat the stalks, and he said:
"No, they don't leave as many as l want
for the pigs" Cattle and swine would
eat them as greedily as they would po-
tatoes. The secret is, do not feed too
often or too much at a time. Mirror
and Farmer.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-02-09
4 Novel ScraD.BOOk.

I am reminded, writes G. M. Skinner
in the New York Book Buyer, in
speaking of extra illustrations that
scrap book may be made a thing of
beauty that will put to shame the rarest
of editions de latCo. Only the prac-
ticed inlayer of plates should under
take its preparation to insure its result,
but in its diversity of theme and treat
ment, it has more general interest
than the biography or book of criticism
that is the usual subject for pictorial
enlargement. Travellers scrap hooks
are especially entertaining. One young
gentleman made q running record OF
his foreign tour in letters to his folks"
that he sprinkled with pen sketches,
and bound into a volume on his return.
A wealthy gentleman in Brooklyn, who
travels far and often, makes pictorial
record of each in the form of a book or
books filled with photographs Of places
and things that he has seen. His last
Journey among the etfete despotisms is
memorialized in three portly volumes,
bound in crimson morocco and conta n
ing in the order of their viewing all the
sights of moment visited in his Journey.
Another tourist made a history of his
European travels in letters to news
papers, and these letters have been
clipped out, pasted in double columns
on heavy paper, neatly bordered with
black lines aud interspersed with 400
illustrations and addendG cz1efully in
laid, some of the smaller pictures serv-
ing as tailpieces to the letters. The
Illustrations embrace photographs,
photographers, Autographs, wood cuts,
etchings, steel engravings, pen and
pencil drawings, and represent distin-
guished people who were seen and
celebrated pictures in the museums as
well as places of science and historic
interest. Such curiosities as hotel bills
and theater programmes are also in
Guided. The volume is quarto, nearly
as bulky as Webster's Dictionary.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-02-09
A Bargain.

An elderly man, whose close-shut
mouth and small, swapping eyes denoted
a good hand at bargain, was custom
er in stationery shop the other day
"What is diary for 1887 worth now 2"
this person inquired. The shopkeeper,
With an odd mixture of respect and con
tempt in his manner, named a price,
''It's too much, was the rejoinder; 80
cents more than [ gave you last year
Besides, this is leap year, and your 1887
diary will be one day short in February"
And so the chaffering went on until the
old gentleman, having obtained the
boohat his own price, buttoned it up in
an inside pocket and hastily departed.
"That man" said the shopkeeper, in a
voice which still vibrated between awe
and disdain, sis worth half a million
dollars. Half a million dollars" he re-
peated, in a confidential whisper, "and
yet every year about this time he comes
in and beats me down on the price of
diary arranged for the previous year. -
Boston Post
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-02-09
The Lost VIII.

About q year ago an elderly and
wealthy maiden, Mile. de Cuzien. died
in Paris, and to the horror and dismay
Of her kith and kin a will was produced
bequeathing her property, amounting to
el00, 900 to hospitals, asylums and other
charitable institutions. Much to the
relatives apparent surprise recently in
formation came from the old danes gar
dener, who had been retained in the
household, that he, while working in a
greenhouse, lit upon later will drawn
up in the most unimpeachable legal
form. On lifting up melon glass he
found company prospectus, widowed
and discolored, and was about to throw
it away, when another piece of paper
slipped from it, which turned out to be
will framed by Mile. de Cuzien only
three days before she expired, and leaY-
ing the whole property, with the excep-
ton of n few legacies, to the lady's fam
lily. The charitable institutions will
protest