Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1889-09-04

Next Wednesday night the German fou
Aid Society will give social dance ant
at their garden for the benefit Of hose ;
company No. 2. Bill fifty cents. tbs
The very pleasant weather continu- ha'
ed during the past week. This sum- the
mer, as regards agreeable weather, no the
person can reasonably find fault with. wa
DIR. Godfrey has neat and COM ,ef
Portable dental office at the corner of ioa
Second and Chisholm streets, and does :
as good work in his line as any den =.
fist in Michigan. u"!
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The tug w. d. Cushing called at wi,
this port for coal last week. She was are
on her way down the lake with raft ctr,
of logs from Presque Isle for Cleve- ian
land. loo
Alpena needs first class roller
process -four mill. From ten to fifteen H.,
thousand barrels of -four are needed a..
here every year, and the greater part al
is imported. inc
The steamer City of Mackinac will da,
give two excursions from this city to er
Detroit and return, leaving here Mon do,
day evening, on the 18th and 23d. ~.
Round trip tickets are only 81, and Jul
are good to lay over at Detroit for not
three days. flint
By rail there were shipped from
the Fletcher factory last week $4,000 plo
pounds of paper pulp to Louisville, nI;'
Kentucky and $4,000 pounds to Jack MA
son, Michigan. all
There is now but few weeks be- sec
fore it is time to hold the annual fair he
of this county, and the managers his
should begin to make vigorous pre- auc
parations for it without delay. tne
There will be services at Trinity
church next Sunday forenoon and :
evening, Rev. Sanford oficiating- ms
The holy communion will be admins pea
W. ~ '.ee. Wv : ing
The "Blue and Gray" is beautiful tbr
story of love and devotion and is fill CT,
ed with scenes and incidents true to ioi'
nature. Mr.. Wilson is an actor of res
rare merit.-Goshen Independent. ant
Sidney Mcdonald had two fingers SC,
of his right hand cut off with saw ''''
at the single mill of the Morse Man wa. !.
..c,.,.-;,. ~ uo..ord.r n,orn;no fci
The wounds were dressed by Dr. FAX
ms. Ital
Lockwood Post will present two the
military dramas at the Opera House, Can
on the 17th-2Oth. The titles of the the
dramas are "Andersonville" and the the
"Blue and Gray" See notices in this wo'
issue. hec
Miss Carrie McRae has the honor &c
of being the first lady bicyclist in this nro
cry in' WHICH, u'eu Wa" va, on0 % cit,
those known as safety. The use of ho,
tricycles is very common with ladies
in many of the large cities. =,
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In recent item we stated that Bill m
ly Mercer was the person who drove &C
the team on Long Lake road that up ,,;f
set the carriage containing two ladies. orl
The item should have said Charles 49,,
Mercer, who was the driver. 90
Mr.. Hitchcock informs us that he fir
can now sell tickets to all points on of
the Northern Pacific; and through ,rh
sleepers, both first class and colonist, W."
can be taken at Chicago. This ar eng
rangement goes into effect this week mo
for the first time. be
The first depot erected in this city, bal
situated near Washington avenue, was IN
ruined by fire about ten o'clock Thurs do'
day night. 1t was unoccupied, and tiol
there is no doubt in regard to its be- 7
ing set on fire by incendaries. the
Charles Is. Browning, III Depew a. Oat
Rutherford's office, is a stenographer, Diet
and will teach the stenographic system not
of writing to those who desire to learn. sur
Those desiring the services of type OF
writer should give him a call. wa
The fish tug Isbell last week had Pc'
lifts ranging from two hundred to six no
teen hundred pounds, the. average be- ~
ing about eight hundred pounds per o"'
lift. The fish were caught OH the big 81,
reef, some forty miles from this port. ="
The Third ward Sunday school RI,
social at the farm residence of f. o. I'm.
Avery last Wednesday, was both a an,
pleasant and successful affair It was ed
largely attended, and the Sunday ba,
school cleared about one hundred dol mo
lars. bo
The number of school children in ere
this city, as shown by the census just the
taken by Recorder Mcdonald, is as
follows: First ward, Ola; Second tbe