Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1888-09-05

on night work one week, change to
day work the next week. Each crew
tries to make the best record. Pusey's
crew has the lead so far. The record
is: At night, 11,22l pounds; at
day, $3.50 pounds, being little over
ten tons in "a hours.
Stove coal has gone up fifty cents
per ton, and the price now is deliver
ed 81 per ton. The raise is caused
by the coal trust in Pennsylvania who
thus place an extra tax on the people
without any reason except that of in
creasing their already large gains.
Mr.. Blaine says it is no business of
the people to interfere with trusts, and
thus the only thing to do is to submit
to the extra tax imposed by the coal
monopoly. The time will come when
the people will interfere with trusts
and in no gentle manner either.
The State Military Board met in
Lansing last week, adopted resolutions
thanking Senat'r Stockbridge for the
use of his field at Mackinac for camp
ing purposes, and Senator Palmer for
his aid in securing the attendance Of
the regulars at the encampment. The
pay rolls Of the troops were passed
and ether accounts were audited, and
the money will probably be distribut-
ed this week. AS yet the accounts
have not all been balanced, but it is
thought the expenses of the Macki-
nae affair will not be much in excess
of the encampment at Brighton, al
though the attendance this year was
300 more than ever before. The mat
ter of holding future encampments
upon the island will be considered and
decided upon next winter.-Ex.
The Union Square Uncle Toms
Cabin troupe, which tried to represent
that obsolete play at the Opera House,
Wednesday night, did not have very
large audience. This city is afflicted
about once a year with troupe that
will persist in giving that noted play
without the scenic effects, which only
can make it worth seeing. The troupe,
Wednesday night, we think was about
the worst one that has given that
drama here. Is it not about time that
Uncle Tom was given rest 4? A
feature Of the play, as rendered We'd
nesday, was the manner in which some
of the actors would die, and then be
resurrected and appear in other char
acters.
Saturday afternoon last the mill
boarding house of j. L. Sanborn &
Sons, at Ossineke, was destroyed by
FIRE. The school house, near by, was
also burned. The loss is about $4,-
600. On the boarding house and
furniture there is an insurance of 3d.
900, in companies represented by
Kelley 4 Mcdonald. The school
house was owned by w. III. Sanborn.
and was not insured. The school
seats were saved. A store house
where numbering materials we're kept
was also burned. 1t is not known
how the fire originated. The loss of
the boarding house causes great in
convenience, owing TO the want of
sleeping accommodations.
The members of the Cleveland Il
Thurman club were addressed by j.
d. Turnbnll, at the regular meeting
last Wednesday night. He spoke of
the necessity of getting logs from
Canada to maintain the business in.
terests of this city. The timber here
would be used up in q few years, and
it was necessary that supply should
be obtained elsewhere. Under the
Mills bill, if it became a law, there
were good prospects of Alpena being
supplied with Canada logs for years.
II was therefore to the interest of
every laboring man here to vote for
tart # reform. Mr.. Turnbull explain
ed what trusts we're and showed how
they were fostered by a protective
tariff: A few remarks were made by
M v.