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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1888-11-21

For first class Job work, call at the
ARGUS Office.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1888-11-21

Governor Luce has appointed
Thursday, November 10Th, as the
time for Thanksgiving. The Repub-
lcans have all the turkeys.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1888-11-21
1913

CHURCHILL FARM.
400 Mud Lake.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1888-11-21

w. Cole has gone to Chicago to
attend a medical college.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1888-11-21

The paddle wheel boxes of the City
of Alpena we're we'll plastered with
ice on her arrival here Sunday last.
G. H. Warren, p. E. De Mill, w
f. Rogers and the Loan Association
have change of lads" Read them.
For first class Job work, call at the
ARGUS Office.
For Anguola perfume, 60 to Ma
sons drug store.
Carcasses and saddles Of deer, to
the number of 20, were shipped to
Detroit by steamer Alpena, Sunday.
A drunken man Keeling about the
streets on Sunday last was very good
evidence that liquor was sold at some
place. 81 t
The Circuit Court did hut very lit
tie business last week, and the jury
was discharged. The cost to the
county was about 5000.
Strictly fresh eggs at Monaghan's.
New shell bark hickory nuts, pop
corn and sweet cider at Monaghan's.
A. c. Frost is fitting up the store
formerly used as a work shop, for
show room to exhibit his line of i'm
plements and machinery.
Governor Luce has appointed
Thursday, November Goth, as the
time for Thanksgiving. The Repub-
lcans have all the turkeys.
Eight persons were candidates for
the Office of Judge of Probate in
Montmorency county. The vote they
received ranged from Is to 81.
For heating stoves and ranges, 90
to A. c. Frost. 902
If you desire fragant and agreeable
smoke, get 81. L." cigar.
The Michigan State Sunday school
will be held in the First
church at East Sapi-
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1888-11-21
County Taxes.

The following will show the amount
that is to be raised by tax for the
various county funds
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1888-11-21

For heating stoves and ranges, &C
to A. G.. Frost. 902
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1888-11-21

We have not yet received all the
official returns of the votes cast in
the 26th Senatorial and Alpena Rep
resentative districts. In the counties
of Altoona, Alpena and Iosco, F. @.
Holmes, for senator, received 1874
votes, and Andrew Harshaw 3,763.
The counties of Oscoda and Ogemaw
have yet to be heard from officially.
In Montmorency f. X. Potter receiv-
cd 326 votes and j. ID. Turnbull 156
votes.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1888-11-21

Mrs. e. o. Avery arrived Saturday,
from Detroit trip.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1888-11-21

A. C. Frost is fitting up the store
formerly used as work shop, for
show room to exhibit his line of i'm
plements and machinery.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1888-11-21
COMPARE

our prices with our competitors, and be
convinced that the place 10 buy your
goods Is ut
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1888-11-21

Conductor Kidder has been laid up
the past week by sickness.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1888-11-21

b. r. Young left on the express,
Monday, for Detroit.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1888-11-21

For Anguola perfume, go to Ma
sons drug store.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1888-11-21

Carcasses and saddles Of deer, to
the number of 29, were shipped to
Detroit by steamer Alpena, Sunday.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1888-11-21

A drunken man Keeling about the
streets on Sunday last was very good
evidence that liquor was sold at some
place. N 49,
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1888-11-21

The Circuit Court did hut very lit
tie business last week, and the jury
was discharged. The cost to the
county was about 5000.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1888-11-21

Mrs. w. B. Comstock took trip
to Detroit, Monday.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1888-11-21

Judge Kelley returned home Sat-
urday night.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-02
FROM WASHINGTON

The Treasury Department ON the 23d is
sued warrants for the payment of $1O,-
O00, 900 ON account of pensions
By strict party vote the House Commit
tee on Territories on the 23d agreed to re-
port favorably Chairman Springer's "om-
njbus" bill to enable the people of Dakot
Montana, Washington Territory and New
Mexico to form constitutions and State
governments, and to be admitted into the
Union on equal footings with the original
States The bill provides that the people
shall vote on the question on the 9th of
November next
IN session at Washington on the 23d the
National Democratic Commit tee selected
St Louis as the place for holding the con-
vention and named June as the time of
meeting
The death of William Wilson Corcoran.
the millionaire philanthropist, occurred at
Washington ON the morning of the 9th, at
the age of eighty-nine years At the time
OF his death he was worth $6,000,00O and
during his life his charities exceeded So
100000
THERE were 1873 business failures in the
United States during the seven days ended
on the Oath, against 236 the previous seven
days The total failures since January l to
date number 2, 112, against 2, 141 in the
same time last year.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND and his wife ar
rived in Washington on the Goth from their
trip to Florida.
AT twenty-six leading clearing houses in
the United States the exchanges during the
week ended on the 25th aggregated
$740,7S6,372, against 1857, 1922, 273 the
previous week AS compared with the CORE
spending week of 1887 the decrease
amounted to 4. 8 per cent
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-02
WEST AND SOUTH,


HE steamer Isle of Martha sank on the
24th at New Orleans, carrying with it dry
DOCK causing loss of 100000
FRANK NJ RIEGEL, assistant cashier of the
Metropolitan Bank of Cincinnati, charged
with being an embezzler for a large
amount was arrested on the Oath
JOHN DoNAHUE, who lost both his legs in
railroad accident, brought suit at Troy.
O., to recover $50, 600, and the Jury on the
Oath awarded him $4,000
MURLoCK BROTHERS Exchange Bank of
Canon City, Col, failed on the oath for
$144, 800
On the Oath Senator Stockbridge, of Mich
igan, sold his famous trotting stallion Bell
Boy to Kentucky parties for $50, 600 The
Senator purchased the horse one year ago
for So 900
OFFICIAL returns of the Oath from Oceana
County, Mich, showed that it had gone for
local option, making bhirty-one counties in
the State SO far declared dry
oN the 24th Daniel j. Wren, one of the
convicted Chicago boodiers, was taken to
the penitentiary at Joliet under sentence
OF two years
FRANCIS HERaEsT, Of Detroit Mich. who
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-02
THE EAST.

DURING 1887 the output of coal in the
second anthracite district of Pennsylvania
reached 5, 043, 515 tons, an increase over
1886 of S10,06O tons In mine accidents
tifty-two men were killed and l46
wounded.
AT the annual meeting of the trustees of
the Grant Monument Committee on the 23d
in New York William R. Grace was elected
president The amount of the fund on de-
posit was stated to be S126, 162
PEET Co.'s three-story iron-clad build
ing in Pittsburgh, Pa. was burned ON the
Oath Loss, 100000.
A WIND STORM on the 25th at Wilkesbarre,
Pa, unroofed many buildings and blew down
scores of trees Great damage was also
done in the country districts.
DTNGLEY won the seventy-two hour
Twelve hours day. bicycle race closed at
Philadelphia on the 25th, making nine
hundred miles.
The discovery was made by citizens of
Eatontown, N j., on the 25th that when
they lynched Samuel johnson two years
ago for assaulting woman they hung the
wrong man.
/ A FIRE in the business section of Buffalo.
N, T., on the 10Th caused loss of $780,
600 .s
MEAN L VI V1dui, CitS sCuOOu6r NGIu0
Bowers was wrecked ON the Goth, and Cap
tain Summers and three of his crew were
drowned.
Hon. JAMES G. BLAINE, in an interview
in Florence, Italy, made public on the Goth,
emphasizes his letter of declination, which
was printed recently, and establishes the
fact that he is out of the Presidential race
and does not wish to be nominated or to
have his name presented as a candidate
AT Frankfort Philadelphia suburban
town, Julia and Kate Forb (sisters) were
struck by train and killed on the 9th
On the 9th Mrs Florence Schlosson, of
New York City, celebrated her 1920 birth
day. She has $50 lineal descendants. Her
great grandfather lived to be 100 years old.
The firm of George R. Clark & Co., of New
York City, the oldest house in the hat trade
in this country. failed on the 9th for
$25O,O0O
SIXTEEN persons were killed at Connells-
vile, Pa, by railroad or mining accidents
during the seven days ended on the 9th
THREE THOUSAND employees of the Edgar
Thomson steel works at Pittsburgh, Pa.
were discharged on the 9th by Carnegie &
Co for failing TO accept the terms offered
by the company
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-02
TIE NEWS.
Compiled From Late Dispatches.
FIFTIETH CONGRESS,

THURSDAY, Feb % in the Senate bills
were reported from committees to ex-
tend the southern and western boundaries
OF the State of Kansas, and to provide for
the compulsory education of Indian chill
dren, not including the five civilized tribes
nor the Osages Bills were passed to pro-
vide aid for State homes for disabled SOL
diers and sailors, and to extend the laws of
the United States over certain unorganized
territory south of Kansas, popularity known
as mo Mans Land" In the House S. s,
Cox, of New York, was elected Speaker pro
tenn. The session was devoted to consider
ing bills for public buildings at various
places.
FRIDAY, Feb % A resolution was
adopted in the Senate requesting the Pres-
dent to inform the Senate whether the
French Government had prohibited the i'm
portation of American products The bill
granting pensions to ex soldiers and sail
ors who are incapacitated from the per-
Torrance of manual labor and providing
for pensions to dependent relatives of de-
ceased soldiers and sailors was considered
Adjourned to the 9th. In the House the
Senate bill to increase the pensions for
deafness was reported favorably, also the
bill increasing the pension for total disa-
bilities to $50 per month The bill for the
admission of North and South Dakota as
separate States was reported adversely
SATURDAY, Feb. 25 The Senate was not
in session. In the House long discussion
took place over appropriations for public
buildings, and the bill for the organization
of the Territory of Oklahoma was consid-
cred
MONDAY, Feb 27.-The Senate consid-
cred the bill granting pensions to ex-
soldiers and sailors who are incapacitated
for the performance of manual labor, and
to dependent relatives of deceased soldiers
and sailors The bill to incorporate the
Maritime Canal Company of Nicaragua
was passed. In the House bills We're intro
duced granting amnesty for all offenses
against the internal-revenue laws commit
ted prior to February %, 1888, and for
the admission of the State of Wyoming
Resolutions We're introduced extending the
term of office of the President until the 3Oth
of April, 1889 and changing the date of
the meeting of Congress, and calling upon
the President for information as to what
steps have been taken to prevent the con-
tinued immigration of Chinese laborers
into the United States.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-02
THEIR MACHINES.

Great Strike the Chicago, Burling-
ton & Quincy Lines-The Engineers and
Firemen Quit Work Because Their Re-
quest for an Adjustment of Wages Is
Refused knights of Labor Engineers
on the Nj ssouri Pacific and Reading
Roads Tire aten Retaliation.
CHICAGO. Feh 2z.-To-day the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy railroad and all its
branches will have to run its trains without
the help of the engineers and firemen of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
and the BRO therhood of LocomotiveFireme
The last conference held between the Chi
cago, Burlington Quincy officials and rep
resentatives of the men was held last
Thursday afternoon at the Office of the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad. Mr..
Henry B. Stone, general manager, rep
resented the railroad with its branches,
while Grand Chief Engineer Arthur and
Grand Master Fireman e. P. Sargent spoke
for their respective organizations Three
points at issue were discussed at this meet
ingLthe wages to be paid englnemen for
overtime, the rules regulating the
dismissal of men from the company's
service, and the scale of wages to be paid
engineers and fremen running on the Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy system The
questions of overtime and dismissal might
have been settled by means Of compro-
mise, but in the matter OF wages Mr.. Stone
refused to make any change in his ex-
listing schedule. On the conclusion of
this conference the engfnemen on the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy road and
its branches were notified by Messrs Ar
thur and Sargent to strike at a IN. on
Monday, February 81, 1888, unless notified
to the contrary. Since Thursday Messrs
Arthur and Sargent have waited for some
action on the part of Manager Stone tending
toward a settlement of the difficulty, but as
nothing has been heard from him the Or
ders previously given to the enginemen are
in force and the strike is on. The Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy railroad system
operates over 4, 600 miles of track. In adj
dtion to the main line it controls the
Burlington & Missouri River railroad in Ne
braska, the Hannibal & St Joseph railroad,
the Kansas City, St Joseph & Council Bluffs
railroad and the Chicago & Iowa railroad.
Over. this great length of track the Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy road runs
nearly 800 locomotives, operated by 1000
enginemen.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive engi-
neers numbers about %, 900 MEMBERSHIP
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-02
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE,

A COMET was visible on the 23d in Mel
bourne and New Zealand.
The Dominion Parliament was formally
opened at Ottawa on the 23d by Lord
Lansdowne
DISPATCHES of the 25th say that another
disaster on the Yellow river in China re-
suited in the drowning of four thousand
Chinese laborers
ADvIcEs of the 25th from Canton, China.
say two Buddhist monks had been legally
burned to death, the sentence being passed by
the abbots for assaulting two young nuns
Many hundred people witnessed the pun
ishment. -
ADyIcEs of the 9th say that the village
of Valtorta, in the north of Italy, had been
half-buried by an avalanche. Twenty three
corpses had been recovered
Ten natives and one European were killed
in recent fire at Hanoi, Tonquin, and five
hundred residences and numerous business
blocks were burned
On the 9th the report that Mrs Marie
BrTton's claim to three hundred thousand
acres of land in Lower California had been
confirmed by President Diaz was pro-
nounced false
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-02

IT has now been discovered that in
all probability the prehistoric man in
this country ate pork, and very likely
had an occasional attack of trichinia-
sis. In the sedimentary rock of the
John Day river canyon in Southern
Oregon was recently discovered eighty
live feet below the surface petriied
hogs head of full size and perfect
shape 1t had been supposed that
swine were introduced into this coun-
try at comparatively recent date, but
now it may be believed that American
pork chops and sausage are really as
venerable as they often taste.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-02

M. PERRoTIN, an astronomer of Nice.
corroborates the Italian Schiaparelli's
announcement of the existenceof what
seems to be canals on the planet Mars.
lie has mapped and measured these
great works, most of which lie in the
equatorial regions of the planet; and.
supposing the diameter of Mars to be,
as Is generally believed, about. 4, 200
miles at the equator, some of these
canals are nearly 1000 miles long. M.
Ferrotin has gone far toward establish
ing that the planet really has an at
mosphere not very different from that
to which we are accustomed.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-02

"A SINGULAR fatality has followed the
family OF an old man at Hampton, Ga.
One son was killed by a horse, another
by a falling tree, another by the cars.
lie had marriage and a corpse in the
house at the same time. He had son,
daughter and son-in-law all dead in
the house at the same time; a son-in-
law was killed accidentally by the
discharge of a gun; one of his daugh-
ters had leg broken by a log, and a
son-ip-law embezzled about thirty.
thousand dollars of Government bonds
and skipped to Mexico to avoid arrest.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-02
INSPECTOR BYRNEs, of the New York

INSPECTOR BYRNEs, of the New York
police, states that a number of our
noted cracksmen have of late been
reaping a golden harvest acoss the
water Two well-known thieves, he
says recently went through England,
France and Belgium and returned
with nearly one hundred thousand
dollars in cash. He asserts that the
business is laid out for them before
they go across, and that, being I'M
known to the European police, they
run over and do their work and Get
away before detection can be had.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-02

HE venerable John r. Graham.
who founded GraRam'S Magazine in
Philadelphia over forty years ago, when
literary periodicals were few in the
United States, recently took his de-
parture from the Eye and Ear Hospital
in New York, whore he spent four
years as patient undergoing treat
ment for a cataract in both eyes. He
rejoices over the Improvement of his
vision to such q degree that he can
now resume his career as. writer
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-02

AND now the discovery has been
made that woman in Harlem, N Y,
has a double row of teeth; one Of her
sons has no teeth at all; daughter
has head of hair black on ono side
and red on the other, and the watch
dog that guards the variegated family
has one artificial eye and was born
without tail.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-02
A Brutal Murder.

CHICAGO, Feb 2S-A brutal murder was
discovered yesterday afternoon at No. 1919
State street in the leather remnant store of
Green Bros Maggie Gaughan was found
dead, and bearing all the marks of outrage
on her person, in small closet The muir
derer, Zeph Davis, colored man, is still at
large
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-02
LATER.

A NEGRO cabin at Spanish Camp, Tex, was
set on fire on the 2Sth ult by whites and
the occupants were deliberately shot down
as they ran out of the burning house Five
were Killed and one severely wounded,
while two were burned to death in the
cabin. Another negro was caught and
hanged to tree. The butchery was the
outcome of suit for the possession of land
recently decided in favor of the negroes
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND on the 2Sth ult.
directed that the new miitary post at High
wood, near Chicago, be known and desig-
mated as Fort Sheridan
AT Clinton, KY. Sam Price, white man
who killed the sheriff, and Bill Reamus
(colored) who shot farmer named Jack
son, were taken out of jail on the 28th ult
by about fifty men and lynched
GREENS cotton mill at Blackburn, Eng,
containing twenty-five thousand spindles,
was burned on the 2Sth ult Loss, $780,
O0O
The Miller residence at Fairhaven, Mimi,
was burned with three children, aged thir-
teen, ten and seven years, while the par
ents were absent on the 2Sth ult,
The Democrats of Rhode Island will hold
their State convention at Providence on the
10th of March to elect delegates to the Ma
tional convention.
The New Jersey State Prohibition con-
vention met at Trenton on the 2Sth ult
and appointed four delegates at large to
the National Prohibition convention at In
diarapolis. General Clinton B. Fiske was
the choice for President
JOHN PRINCE an old bachelor who lived
alone on farm five miles from Washing
ton, Ind, fell in the fire in fit on the 2Sth
ult. and was burned to death.
ZEPH DAVIS, a young mulatto who brutally
murdered Maggie Gaughan, white girl,
aged fifteen years, in Chicago few days
ago, was captured on the 2Sth ult and con-
fessed his guilt He killed the girl because
she repealed his criminal advances
TREMENDOUS avalanche descended into
the valley of Morrobia, Switzerland, on the
2Sth ult, killing ten persons and large
number of horses and cattle.
The Union Square Theater at New York
was totally destroyed by fire on the 2Sth
ult, and the Morton House adjoining was
badly damaged Six firemen were severely
injured. Total loss, $3.50. 000
The greater portion of the business dis
trict of Wellington, ILL.,, was destroyed by
fire on the 2Sth ulG
INsthe United States Senate on the 2Sth
ult resolution to continue the investiga-
tlon of last session into alleged election
frauds in Texas was agreed to. A bill was
introduced authorizing the issuing to Ma.
tlona banks circulating notes to the
amount of one hundred per cent of the par
value of the bonds deposited with the
United States Treasurer to secure the pay
m lent OF circulating notes In the House a
petition OF seven hundred Michigan miners
was presented protesting against reducing
the duty on iron ore. In committee of the
whole large number Of bills for public
buildings were agreed To-
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-02
A Verdict Against Tascaft.

CHICAGO, Feb. 28.-The coroner's jury
which has been celebrating on the murder
of Amos J. Smell for the last three weeks
concluded its labors yesterday. Two or
three witnesses, whose testimony devel-
oped no material fact as to the cause of the
death of the murdered millionaire, were ex-
amined. the jury finding its verdict against
William B. Tascott from the fact that an
Indictment for murder has already been
found against him
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-02

THE oyster business in this country
is marvellous in extent More than
SIC, 900, 900 worth of oysters have been
shipped from the Maryland beds alone
this season. Over fifty thousand
persons are employed in the industry
IN the State, and it supports besides
fifteen hundred schooners and sloops.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-02
Indiana and Illinois Coal Output.

BRAZIL, Ind, Feb. 29--Indiana and Illi-
nois are crowding toward the front as coal
producing States Last year Indiana's out
put from about 225 mines, with 1000
miners, was little less than 1000, 900
tons of block, bituminous and Canned coal,
worth on an average about 81. % a ton at
the mines Illinois 81 mines yielded TO-
PTS. 800 tons, worth 10S12 ton at the
mines Miners and mine laborers en-
ployed, &c, SOL
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-02

total number of engi-
neers in the country
being in the neigh
borhood of 80, 600. At
the head of the BROTH
erhood is the great
est labor organizer
in America, P. M. Ar
thur. In April the
brotherhood will be
twenty-five years old.
From twelve mem
bers it has grown to
%, 600. In eleven
years this is the first
strike Mr.. Arthur has
been unable to settle.
-. =. -. =
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-02
Funds for a soldiers, nTon.n,epf

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Feb. % The Soldi-
ers' Monument Commissioners met Monday
afternoon and formally contracted with
Bruno Schmitz, the Berlin architect. for
the erection Of the monument The struct-
ure is to cost 5000, 900 and will be erected
on the spot now occupied by the Morton
statue in the center of Circle Park, the
statue to occupy site just south Of the
monument -