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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-10-31
1880 TO 1890

Their large stock is selected with special
reference to giving good value for the price
paid by the purchaser, and an inexperienced
buyer can buy with confidence, as the price,
in plain figures, is NAKED on each article,
and no abatement is made 10 any one, nnless
TO Wholesale purchasers.
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Their various departments embrace
very large stock of Low Priced, Medium aud
The most Fashionable
DRESS GOODS, IN COLORS & BLACK.
BLACK AND CoLORED SILKS AND
VELVETS.
WHITE GOODS, LACES. EMBROIDER.
les AND NOTIONS.
LADIES' AND MISSES WRAPS,
JACKETS. ULSTERS. CAPES, &C,
IN THE NEWEST STYLES.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-10-31
HOUSEKEEPING GOODS,

In Linen and Cotton Sheetings; Domestic
Cottons in all widths, Of the best makes
Blankets, Quilts, Com forts, Lace and other
Curtains, Table Dnmasks, Napkins, Towels,
Table and Piano Covers, Art Squares,
Flannels. Lap Robes, &c.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-07-20

perfect work? This spring ten hens Of good be-
havior in the past commenced their life work on
as many dozen fresh eggs, with from one to
three extras in a nest for good measure. There
ought to have been hundred chicks from that
hatch, but what really is to-day is this: One old
hen walks round with one chicken, making as
much ado over it as if she had dozen, and what
makes her behavior worse is she looks SO aggra,,
human can do to keep from numbering her anu
converting her useless body into savory chic
ken pie Another of that flock of ten setting
hens has five chickens, while two more have
eight apiece. All the rest of those precious eggs,
which might have been given to the poor and
made good food, or sold for a price about Easter,
were added or broken or something. To make one
remember, it We're wisdom not TO count ones
hennery- keeper always keeps account of stock,
food consumed, price, number of eggs gathered,
mel? Twenty-four hens actually laid fifteen
hundred eggs in year! Can It be? whatever
seven dollars and fifty cents, worth Of eggs
They're gone into sundry boiledegg breakfasts,
scrambled eggs, cake, ice-cream, and what not,
page read that the food for these chickens,
their warm breakfasts in winter, with meat once
week, and other luxuries, have cost-let me
see. 1t can't be. Yes, it is-siXty dollars in
round numbers The profits are on the wrong
and roasted hen since first we begun, with nice
white feathers saved for hammock cushions and
common. pillows: Don't eXclaim, oh, dainty
housewife Half the geese feathers you buy are
only nicely prepared Leghorn feathers. And
then we have learned good deal about hens
best teacher always. 1t is born in on our plastic
mind that the contrariest thing in the universe
is a hen--always excepting a woman-for when
she will she will and when she will not she will
not-that's the end of it
AppendiD - The hennery is for sale now.
Those contrary hens always wanted of all things
to be in the other tlocks yard. No inclOsure
could be built high enough to keep them at home.
And the rooster had terrible fights. The dead or
dying had to be carried of the filed by the eXasper-
ated keeper of the hennery. The SURVIVING cocks
all broke the Eleventh Commandment more
than once, and now there are specked feathers
on young Leghorns and long legs on Dominicks,
with here and there a sporadic specimen of a
chicken that resembles some remote ancestor out
of whom Leghorns and Domincks were origI-
nally evolved. They are living examples of the
sins of the fathers being visited upon the chill
dren. Indeed, when in noralzing mood al
most any lesson in life can be deduced from an
old poultry-yard by one experienced in the poul-
try business
p. S.-This lot will be sold for half price, since
they are not now of unadulterated breeds.
T.,
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-07-20
REAPPORTIONMENT TALK.
WILL THE REPUBLICANS UNDER
TAKE 1T AT THIS SESSION?
They May, and then They May Not-How it
is Usually Done-Powers of Congress in
the Premises-Former Reapportion-
ments.

Do the Republicans intend to pass Re-
apportionment act at this session of Congress,
based upon the returns of the eleventh census
Rumor says they do, but Rumor probably eX-
aggerates. 1t is not impossible, however. All
that Congress requires for the purpose is to
know the population of each State. The Con-
sttution provides for taking the census every
ten years, and for Reproducing the House of
Representatives according to each census.
There seems to be nothing absolutely prohibi
tory of reapportionment this year, but it has
not been customary to pass the reapportion-
ment act until the second year after the census
year. The last Reapportionment acts were
passed in 1862, 1872, and 1882, and it is probable
that the work won't be done in any greater
hurry this time than formerly.
The Constitution gives Congress very wide
scope in determining how many members the
House shall be composed of. The minimum
limit is one member for each State; the max
imum limit is one Representative for every ten
thousand of population. According to these
limitations, and considering that we shall have
forty-four States represented in the next House,
and that the census will show population of
about sixty-fve millions, Congress might de-
eide that the next House should be composed
or anything from 4,4O0 to $500 members.
The tendency, however, is not to decrease the
membership of the House. For the present
House to vote, for instance that Maine, which
has four members in the present House, should
have only two in the next would mean that
the present House would vote two Maine mem
bers out of office. The combination of selfish
ness and fellow feeling is generally strong
enough to prevent much of that kind of work.
The Maine members could not be expected to
vote for such change, and they would have
probably enough sympathizers to defeat such
proposition. The present House has $50 mem
bers, and the next one is liable to have close on
to 400. ss-s-a
The first House of Representatives, which
was apportioned according to estimated popu-
lation because no census had yet been taken,
was composed of siXty-fve members, distrb
uted as follows New Hampshire, 8; Massa-
chusetts s; Rhode Island, l; Connecticut, 5;
New York, 6; New Jersey, 4; Pennsylvania, 8;
Delaware, l. Maryland, 6; Virginia, 10; North
Carolina, 5; South Carolina, s.; Georgia, 8.
Total, 65
1t will be noticed that Maryland, Virginia,
and Delaware had as many Representatives
then as they have now, and that New Hamp-
shire and Connecticut actually had more then
than now
The reapportonment act of 1872 raised the
House to membership of 2S3, and the act of
ten years later increased the number to 1926.
The following table gives the apportionment
under the two acts, respectively:
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-07-20

of the State in the House of Representatives
shall be reduced in proportion. The same prin-
cple was reiterated in the sixth section of the
Reapportionment act of 1872.
A serious question with the Republicans now
is how they shall apply the principle to the
Southern States in the forthcoming Reapportion-
ment bill. There is no doubt that some of the
Republicans contemplate reducing the represen-
tation of the Southern States on the presump-
tion that large numbers of negroes are deprived
of the right of voting, and some even talk of
amending the Constitution so that the represen-
tation in Congress shall not be based upon the
population as shown by the census, but upon
the voting population as shown by the election
returns. Such an amendment Of the Constitu-
tion, they think, would simplify the matter
greatly and besides, they ask, Why should the
representation be based upon population when
in many districts large proportion of the pop
ulation are not voters, nor even American citi-
zens?
The representation in Congress, they say,
should be based upon citizenship In the first
of the voting. A scheme based upon this idea
is certainly in contemplation by some of the
leading Republicans. ,.
With the fourteenth amendment to the Con-
stitution threatening diminution of represen-
tation in proportion to the suppression of
votes, with the same threat reiterated almost
word for word in the Reapportionment act of
February 2, 1872, and with the fifteenth amend
ment to the Constitution providing that the
rights of citizens of the United States to vote
shall not be abridged by reason of race, color,
or previous condition of servitude, the turbu-
lent spirits of the Republican party now think
the time has come to ''diminish the representa-
ton;" in other words, to cut down the Demo-
cratic vote.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-07-20

On May 80, 1879, Congress passed a supple
mentary act adding nine members to the House,
one each to New Hampshire, Vermont, New
York, Pennsylvania, Alabama, Louisiana, Ten
nessee Indiana, and Florida, and raising the
total membership to 292.
The reappOrtionment based on the census of
1850 was made by an act of Congress approved
March 4, 1862 1t was a very short act, merely
providing that after March 3, 1868, the House
of Representatives should be composed of 241
members, and that the eight additional mem
bers should be assigned one each TO Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois, Iowa, Mime
sofa, Vermont, and Rhode Island.
The Reapportionment acts approved, respec-
lively, February 2, 1872, and February 25, 1882,
were longer documents, each containing a sec
tion provided for elections by the State at large
in cases where the State Legislatures had not
redistricted the States before election day.
In case of an increased delegation the addi-
tional members were to be elected by the State
at large, and in case of a decrease the entire
delegation was to be elected by the State at
large. The new Reapportonment act soon to be
passed will, of course, contain the same pro-
Visions
Congress, while it has almost carte blanche to
determine the aggregate representation, must
not discriminate between the States, but must
give the same ratio Of representation to all;
that is to say, equal population in South Caro-
representation in the House. The fourteenth
amendment to the Constitution says:
Representatives shall be apportioned among
the several States according to their respective
numbers, counting the whole number of per-
sons in each State, excluding Indians not
taxed"
The same amendment however, adds that
when the right to vote is denied to any class of
citizens in any of the States the representation
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-07-20
A Happy Party of European Tourists

"A oIby VI
A congenial party of Washington ladies and
gentlemen sailed from New York on Saturday
by La Gascogne for two months tour of Eu-
rope. The party consisted of Mr., Brainard H.
Warner, Mr.. Brainard H. Warner DR.. Miss
Bessie Warner, Col, George Truesdell, Mrs.
George Truesdell, Mr.. George F. Truesdell,
Miss Anna Parker, Mr.. John B. Larner Miss
Anita Hendrie, Miss Lulu l.. Wine, Mr.. Walter
j. Willard, and Mr.. John Joy Edison, Jr,, of
Washington; Miss Bessie Hager, of Lancaster,
Pa, and Miss Livingood, of Reading, Pa.
The tour was specially arranged by Mr.. Van
Wickle, local agent of Henry Gaze & Sons, the
famous tourist agents of New York. They will
land at Havre and proceed to Paris, where a
stay of week win be made. Then short
tour in Germany will be undertaken, stopping
at Mayence, Wiesbaden, and Cologne, and
thence proceeding through Holland and Bel
gium TO England, Scotland, and Ireland. Two
weeks will be given to visiting the famous
cities and historic scenes in those countries.
The party will sail for home from Queenstown
via the City of Rome and Aurania on Septem-
ber Z, reaching home on the 14th. 1t cannot fail
toprove a delightful trip,as Messrs. Gaze & Sons
have established an enViable reputation for the
care with which they look to the comfort Of
those in their charge.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-07-20
Hot Water for sleepIessness.

From the London Spectator.
A most wretched lier-awake of thirtyfYe
years standing, who for ten years has thought
himself happy if he could get twenty minutes
sleep in the twenty -four hours, said; 81 took hot
water-a pint, comfortably hot one good hour
before each of my three meals and one the last
thing else The very first night slept Sfc for three @
hours on end, turned around, and slept again
till morning, l have faithfully and regularly
continued the hot water, and have never had
one bad night since. Pain gradually lessened
and went, the shattered nerves became calm and
strong, and instead of each night being one long
misery spent in wearying for the morning they
are all too short for the sweet, refreshing sleep
| now enjoy,n
orinA As e cure cure and preventive for spring fever
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-07-20
Island Park.

Personaly-conducted excursion Thursday,
July "a Don't fail to secure seats in advance,
at 619 and 1851 Pennsylvania avenue. No extra
charge. Round trip, 81. Train leaves B. Sy o.
station at 10 A. NJ.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-07-20
summer Tours Along the Border

The art of advertising in these days lays
under contribution all the graphic arts, and tho
results are frequently nothing short of ex-
quisite, notable example of it is the large
volume on "Summer Tours" put out by the
Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad
This road, with its immediate connections,
reaches all the noted summer resorts of the
Northern lakes, the River st. Lawrence,
Canada, and northern New York and
New England. Niagara Falls, the Thou
sand Islands, the beautiful Adirondack Wilder
ness, Lake Champlain, Trenton Falls, all are
touched by the road and its branches. This
road is excellently managed, its cars are of
modern construction, and its summer tourist
rates are low. The book of 'Summer Tours is
profusely and artistically illustrated, so that
glancing through its pages one is filed with
an almost irresistible impulse to drop work in
the heated city and fly away to the cool north
ern lakes and forest glades. The book may be
obtained by sending eleven cents, in stamps, to
Theodore Butterfield, general passenger agent,
Oswego, N. Y
RatclGe, Darr & Co.. auetiopeers, will sell on
TUESDAY M n ~ "a ~ af fbaiV
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-07-20

As a cure and preventive for spring fever
drink Il. Portner Brewing Co. s beer.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-07-20

Ratcliffe, Darr & Co., auctioneers, will sell on
Tuesday morning, July %, at 10 O'clock, at their
sales.rooms, 920 Pennsylvania avenIe northwest,
a collection of household goods,
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1890-01-01
MARCH.
A Masouerale nj roller rink

Masquerade ut roller rink.
German Aid Society give n masquerade ball 1T
their hall
Streets bare in places, caused by thaw which
commenced on the 2Sth Of Feb, Wagons were nu-
merous on the streets.
Jules Levy. cornet player and troupe appear
ut the Opera House also on 9th First night sec.
ond act of opera Martha, second night Sleeping
Beauty.
IL Ice below bridge, in river, blown out TO the
bay.
If Obstacle rocc on rollers between two members
of the police force and two fremen.
Tug Fisher went out into AXE Huron and set
three gang of gill nets.
IS Body of Asa Spencer found floating in the
bay. Disappeared last December.
20 Fish tug Fisher went out in the lake and lift
cd half gang of gill nets, getting coo pounds of fish.
n Michigan Fish Commission eur brings As 900
young trout TO the city.
Thunder Bay Island lieht in operation; also
/ government light ut mouth of river.
j. g. Cross taken TO state prison for years
Samuel Murphy taken to Ionia for years.
%. Agricultural society elects officers.
Comstocks mill commences saving logs, be-
ing the first.
25 Commencement of loading vessels with lu n
Der.
"a Republican city convention.
20 Democratic city convention. Burglar cap
tured by business men in Hawley fizgerald's
store
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1890-01-01

Lumhermen and Merchants Associa-
ton, and the following articles of as
ISOLATION were adopted:
BE il known that we, the undersigned
under and in accordance with an act of the
Legislature Of the State of Michigan, en-
titled An act for the incorporation of
boards of trade and chambers Of COM
merce, approved March 10Th, 1868, do
hereby associate ourselves as a board of
trade, and to form body polite, in accor-
dance with the following articles:
/. The name of this association shall
be the Lumbermen and Merchants Asso-
citation of Alpena, and the term of its cor
porate existence shall be 30 years.
2. The business of the association shall
be such as is authorized by the act under
which il is organized, and as may be furth-
er limited by the constitution to be adopt
ed at the time of executing these articles,
or any future amendments thereof.
8. The officers of said association shall
be president, two vice presidents, treas
urer, and secretary, and the following COM
mittees to consist of three members each. in
addition to the president and secretary who
shall be ex-oflicio members of all said
committees, namely; an Executive Com
mittee, a Committee on Manufactures, a
Committee on Transportation, Committee
on improvements, a Committee on Real
Estate, and Committee on Trade Interests.
The officers and the Executive Committee
shall be elected by ballot and hold office
until their successors are elected. At the
first regular meeting subsequent to the an
nual meeting, the president, subject to the
approval of the Executive Committee,
shall announce the remaining committees,
who shall hold Office until their successors
are selected.
4. Any person identified with or inter
ested in the merohantile, manufacturing or
other business interests of the city of Al
pena, or of its vicinity, and any resident of
the city of Alpena, shall be eligible to
membership in this association.
5. We adopt herewith the constitution
and bylaws which are hereto annexed,
subject to such future changes thereof as
may be made therein provided.
The officers of the association elect
ed were as follows:
President-W. H. Potter.
LIST -Pres-W. L. Churchill
I'd NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Harshaw.
Treasurer--G. l.. Maltz.
Secretary-C. w. Bertch.
Executive Committee-E. O. Avery, III.
Bolton, Monroe Klock, A. N. Spratt, and S.
A. Dawson.
The annual dues were fixed at SO
per annum. Next Friday afternoon
there will be another meeting of the
association. 1t is a good way to COM
mence the year 1890. To accomplish
the object sought, an organization is
needed, and the one just formed will
be of immense benefit in furthering
the prosperity of Alpena, provided the
citizens take an active and enthusi-
astic interest in it, and extend all the
assistance they can.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1890-01-01
APRIL.

1 City election. Democrats elect comptroller
and seven ward officers. Republicans elect re
corder justice of peace and five ward officers. To
tai vote cast in city 1854. Demo cratic majority
in city on Justice of the Supreme Court &c. Total
vote cast in county 2iG6, of which the Republic
cans received ,22O, and the Democrats ,lGl.
Life saving crews go into commission
3 Propellers Porter Chamberlin and s. C. Hal
clear for lake Erie ports being the first boats e
leave.
Eight round glove contest between Jim Fell and
K. s. Lewis Mt the rink IL was sell.
ice in river or bay and ground free of ice.
8. Council organizes and appoints city officers.
j. ". Brownies theater company commences
weeks season at tho Opera House. Plays given
Silver King, Black Diamonds, Private Secretary
Romany Rye, Our Boarding House and Lancaster
Lass.
10 Sacred concert at M. Il. church.
10 Warren Brown killed at Fletcher, Pack & Co
log railroad.
First plant Of white fish fry.
IS Wind signals displayed from U. s. signal
station.
Il. f. Smiths colored Ministries commence three
nights season ut the Opera House.
"a Firemen's tournament. Hose companies from
Tawas, Au Sable and Osooda race against time for
trumpet. Tawas won. time i:i7; distance zoe
feet.
% Seyentieth anniversary Of the l. o. q. T.
Lodge from Black River attends.
III. G. Hamill assumes charge of the Pioneer.
20 Snow storm About an inch of snow on the
ground in the morning.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1890-01-01
DECENIRER

Last of passenger steamers of 1899 clears.
Gill net fishermen end their fishing season.
1919 Days of the week social at the Centennial
block, by ladies of Trinity society.
% John Fitzpatrick seriously stabbed by John
Marcot, at Keating's hotel, Long Rapids.
Tugs Owens and Swain arrive from Detroit and
clear for Chicago on the oath.
% Frank fuckers troupe commences weeks
season at the Opera House. Plays rendered were
Mable Heath Ranch 10, Hearts OF Oak Dads
Girl Ten Mile Crossing, and Phoenix.
26 iumbermen aud Merchants Association or
ganized for the purpose of booming Alpena
81 River and bay free of ice. No sleighng
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1890-01-01
History Of Alpena for 1888.
JANUARY.


1 Weather very pleasant. Ground covered with
snow less than one inch. River below Second
street bridge free of ice. Not much ice in the bay.
Masquerade at roller rink.
Light rain in the evening.
0. Rain storm commenced on nipht OF sth and
continued nearly all the 9th.
10 Base ball on roller skates at the rink between
the Mystics and Juniors. Former wins, 10 to I.
IA Wade e. Reeds dog show at the Opera House.
Is River again frozen over TO the mouth.
l6 Masquerade ball at the rink.
IL Foot ball on rollers at the rink-Dudes VS.
Mother Hubbards-latter won.
20 First good snow storm for lss9-abou elk in
ches of snow fell.
% Patrick Mclaughlin killed near Hubbard
Lake. Log rolled over him.
Walter Ives broke into Beebe's store, captured
n Polo at rink, Dudes vs. Hubbards, the first
named wins two first gaos.
30 Concert by NJ. f. Sunday school children at
their church.
II Obsta clo rare m fhe rink
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1890-01-01
Detroit Markets.

The following market quotations
are copied from the Detroit Free
Press.
Apples, Sl75 to s225 per bbl
Butter, 16 to 20 per pound.
Live fowls, &c TO &c per pound.
Live turkeys, lie to 12c per pound
Eggs, 10 To 90 cents per dozen.
Flour per barrel, $500 to 1925
Hay, baled, $11.00 to $3.50 per ton.
Oats per bushcl, 24c TO 25c.
Onions, southern, 81 .65 to $1.70 per Dbl.
Pork, $1,000 to SlI.15 per Dbl.
Potatoes, AZ to 40 per bushel.
Wheat, $0.79 to $0.s1 per bushel.
The quotations, given by the Free
Press, are mostly Of a wholesale ma.
ture. The prices at retail stores must
be somewhat higher.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1890-01-01
FEBRUARY.

First genuine old fashioned snow storm Of
the season. About foot Of snow fell. Two de-
grees below zero.
6 Seven degrees zero.
I War drama, "Fall of Atlanta" ut the Opera
House repeated on sth and 9th.
BARRIERS association organized.
II Ice blown out of the bay during preceding
night.
IL Game protective and provocative society or
gained.
IL Seven degrees below zero.
Is japanese supper at X. of p. hall by Congre-
gational society.
20 Temperature IL degrees below zero.
% Grocery store of II. j. & ". II Eaton burned.
Loss $1,000. Insurance 1000. Firm soon after
made an assignment
Fourteen degrees below zero.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1890-01-01
MAY.

I Session of Saginaw Association, Congregations
al church.
Ida Van Cortland and Clarence II. Holt with
Tavernier troupe end their weeks season. Dram 5
given were Queena, Pygmnlon & Ghlatea, Lyn-
wood, New Magdalen, Romeo & Juliet, Fanchon,
Arrah No Proque.
Z Propeller George Spencer released of North
Point.
Rainbow fair at X. of p. hall, by rinity church
ladies.
II First load of plancd lumber shipped.
Went 10 Amsterdam, ~ Y.
Greedy Tent, No. X. o. T. NJ, organized in
Green township
10 Last of the white fish from the hatchery
planted in the bay, making the seventh successful
season.
James Paten has his left hand cut of in the
Dawson a Reynolds single mill.
II The Guards inspected by General Newberry,
&C the rink.
20 Burglar james Kelly taken to jackson for
Ave years.
81 Publ, meeting Of the X. o. 4. NJ, ut the