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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-12-02

The moon rose gradually, and we
had a grand opportunity Of studying
perfect silence. Nothing can be more
deeply silent than still night in a
desert. AS there is but little vegeta-
ton on these vast reaches of sand,
there is no insect life, if we except the
noiseless but active sand flea, and for
several hours after the moon rose it
was absolutely silent. We did not
speak. There was no wind. 1t SEEM
ed as if there was no living thing in
the wide spread of country about us.
was beginning to feel sleepy and
to.nod frequently when the roar of
lion close at hand broke the silence.
Instantly we were wide awake and
grasping our guns nervously. In an
other instant the roar was answered
from spot below us, and looking
down we saw lionness crouching at
the foot of tree. Her head was en-
bedded between her forepaws, and
her long tail waved luxurously to and
fro. Another "woof" from the oppo-
site direction, and two magnificent
males stepped into view while the
lionness continued to purr and wave
that graceful tail from side to side.
And there she lay purring gently
while as terrific conflict ensued as
the eye of a man ever witnessed, and
words cannot describe that combat or
paint that picture. Over and over
the two males rolled after in mid-leap
with their fangs at each others threats,
while the slckening sound of champ
ing bones filled the air, mingled with
their frantic roaring and the thrash
ing of their bodies through the whirl-
ing sand.
BY this time my nerves were
SO wrought up that / could
stand it no longer, and taking
deliberate aim at the lionness behind
her shoulder blade, let fly. Above
the rumble of my smooth bore rifle
sounded the shrek of the lionness
as the heavy ball crashed into her
vitals. The two duelists at once
ceased their encounter, and as one of
them turned, he received Macs rife
ball in the hollow over the eye, and
death was instanteous. The other
made a mighty roar and powerful
spring landed half way up the trunk
of our tree, nearly shaking us from
our perch but Issila discharged a
spare gun in his face; he fell back,
and probably only dazed by the shot,
disappeared into the darkness toward
where the means and cries of the lion
ness grew fainter and fainter every
moment.
In the morning with party Of
Arab beaters and dogs we took up
the spoor and tracked the lionness to
her lair, and after she had received
eleven more of our bullets, killed and
disabled four of our dogs and made
five determined rushes, succeeded in
making her bite the dust. She had
travelled nine miles before we caught
up to her, and kept brave front to
the last, redeeming herself in degree
in our eyes from the stain of her
cruel behavior of the previous night
PHILADELPHIA Press.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-12-02
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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-12-02

Miss Blank tainted there and then.
She was restored and taken to her
room. A bunch of Gala lilies was
flung into the street soon afterward.
She left the hotel suddenly the next
day. Her folks had telegraphed for
her, she explained. "Oh, go away,
don't approach me" she said to DIR.
X. when he had offered her fresh
bunch of violets the next morning.
"Oh, that's nothing" observed the
house surgeon when acquainted with
the facts. "Why, there was case of
=" But any further illustration of
Docs peculiarly" will be unnecess.
ary.-New York Herald.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-12-02
BuckIcn's ArnIca SaIve.

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corns, and all skin eruptions, and positive
ly cures piles, or no pay required. 1t Is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price 25 cents per box.
For sale by Field & Gray wholesale and
retail druggists. 1052y1
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-12-02

Nervous prostration, drunkenness, flts,
opium habit, st Vitus dance, hysteria,
headache, hot flashes, nervous dyspepsia,
confusion, are cured by DR.. Miles Nervine.
Trial bottles and fine books free at Field
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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-12-02
NOTICE OF SALE.

Notice is hereby given. that by virtue of license
1891, by the Probate Court for the county of
Wayne State of Michigan, in the matter of the
estate Of Cynthia w. Crawford, deceased the sub
scriber, Administrator Of said estate, will sell at
public auction, TO the highest bidder. on Friday,
the fourth (4thl day of December, 1891, at ten
O'Clock in the forenoon of that day, at the front
door of the Court House, in Alpena, in Alpena
ed had at the time of her death of. in and to all
those pieces or parcels Of land situated in the ooun-
ty of Alpens, Michigan, known and described as
follows:
In township thirty-two 1927 north, Of range nine
(9 east in section six 6 the south west fraction
al quarter Is FIR a Of the south east quarter
and in section seven az, the north fractional half
of the north east quarter.
October 18th, 1891. -
FRANCIS CRAWFORD,
Administrator Of said estate.
LIST insertion Oct. 2t-last, Dec. 2, 1054w7
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DROBATE ORDER.

State Of Michigan, county of Alpena, IS.
At session of the Probate Court for said coun-
ty held at the Probate Office in the city of Alpena,
on the 23d day of November, In the year one thou
sand eight hundred and ninety-one.
Present, George NJ. Slusser, Judge Of Probate;
In the matter Of the estate Of John Dowar, de-
ceased.
on reading and filing the petition, duly verified,
of Charles Dewar, brother and heirat-law, praying
that he or some other suitable person, may be ap-
pointed administrator of the estate Of said John
Dewar, deceased.
Thereupon il is ordered, that Monday, the 2lst
day of December 1884, next, at o'clock in the fore
noon be assigned for the hearing of said petition,
and that the heirs at law of said deceased, and all
other persons interested in said estate are requr-
ed TO appear at session OF said Court, then TO DO
holden in the Probate office in the city OF Alpena,
and show cause, il any there be, why the prayer
of the petitioner should not be granted; and 1t Is
further ordered, that said petitioner give notice
70 tho persons interested in said estate, OF
the tendency Of said petition, and the hear
ing thereof, by causing a copy OF this order to
be published in the Alpena Weekly Argus, news
paper printed and circulated in said county, three
successive weeks previous TO said day OF hearing
"a true copyl GEO: nj. SLuSSEk,
1O59wi Judge Of Probate
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-12-02
Removed!

| am now located in the
store recently occupied by
Harrington & Pratt, and will
be pleased to see all of my
friends. [ have a fine and
we'll selected stock of
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-12-02
ALPENA WEEKLY ARGUS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
LIES HISTORY.

Day dswned within ourtained room.
Filled TO faintness with perfume,
A lady lay at point Of doom.
Day closed a child had seen the light
But, for the lady fair and bright.
She rested In undermining night.
Spring rose the lady's grave was green
And near Il oftentimes was seen
gentle boy with thoughtful mien.
Years ned he wore manly face,
And won at last lofty place.
And then he died behold before ye
Humanity's poor sum and story;
Life-Death-and all that IL of Glory.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-08
THE LEGISLA LATURR.

The legislature made start yesterday, but no progress was made toward finding out who will be governor. Much maneu. vering will of course take place before anything definite is arrived at. In the meantime those who do not have to take part in the contest can be calm. It is evi dent that those who are doing the maneu vering are in danger of losing some of thei, calmness.
 In the house, of course, much interest grasp of the situation which made il plain that he was the right man in the right place. His address was short and very much to the point. He told the more expedition in legislation. There is. Everybody is hoping that the Legislators will not be found in session next July Speaker Paige also gave the legislature some wise advice concerning the perform. ance of their duties, and especially con. corning their action in regard to the cleo. tion dispute He and his address made 6 good impression.
 The action of the Republican caucus in renominating Senator Platt without the slightest opposition was what everybody expected A state which can have the services of such a senator as he is would be exceedingly blind to its own interests and the interests of the country if it did not gladly accept them.
 Nobody can tell what to-day may bring forth But it is evident that it will moi bring forth a new governor.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-08
APPOINT FOR THE SAILOR

Judge Simonton in the United States court at Charleston, South Carolina, has stepped out of the beaten track of admiral ty practice. It has been the custom for foreign sailors to bring ibels against for eign vessels in our ports in the United States courts, and our courts have always assumed jurisdiction over such cases. It has, however, been customary for the judges to waive this jurisdiction and hand these cases over to the consul of the nation under whose flag the ibeled vessel sailed for trial, and the consular verdict was usually allowed to stand.
 Judge Simonton does not think that this custom is based on good law. He af6rms the jurisdiction of our admiralty courts over all such cases and the right of the delegate this jurisdiction; but he fur ther holds that there are -circum- stances under which the transfer of jurisdiction cannot be made. Jurisdiction cannot be surrendered in libel cases of a seaman against vessel when the interests | of the libellant will suffer by that surren- der. "When the circumstances of the case are such," says the judge, "as de- mand immediate investigation, or when the seaman, discharged from the ship, would be put at disadvantage were she suffered to depart, or whensshe has depart ed he would be compelled to search the world for her, the court will proceed and decide the case against the wish, and al times against the protest of the foreigr | consul"
 This is good for the poor sailor, and as he has not had too much justice this de
 cision will help make things a little mor' l even for him.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-08
AGREEABLE,

Mrs. Honeyton-Are those some of the cigars gave you? Honeyton-Yes. Mrs. Honeyton-How are they! Honeyton- They are of the kind that it is better to give than to receive.-Harper's Bazar. Not an Agreeable Player.-sDoes Brown play good game of whistp asked MT. Hicks. s'Yes; I suppose he does," said Ethel. 'tBut he plays a stupid sort of game. Never says word. d."-Brooklyn Life.
 Judge-Oficer, this witness says that you stood by and saw the whole affair and never once made an effort to quell the dis turbance. Why was that! Officer-May it phase yure honor, they niver vance called fer the polace.
 Astronomical Item.-Friend-Do you know that according to the latest discov- cries the fixed stars move. Actor-Move, do theya Well, I'm not surprised. find it cheaper myself to move than to pay rent l here in New York.-Texas Siftings. A little boy asked his mother to talk to him and say something funny. "How can F" she asked ''Don't you see am busy baking these piesa" "Well, you might say, Charlie, won't you have pieF That would be very funny for you. "-NewYork World.
 It is now rapidly approaching the time of year when the householder who ordered finds it vanished into, smoke. "I now un- derstand," said Miserleigh, "why they speak of it as coal been!"-New York Herald.
 "James," exclaimed the proprietor of the store, angrily, ''put that glass cover back on the limburger cheese" A custom l CT came in smoking a cigarette. 'James, '' 1 vociferated the proprietor. "take that cover off the limburger cheese again"-Chicago Tribune.
 "Dear me-" said the little Boston boy, when, after intellectual suasion had failed, | they had spanked him for the first time,
 eff had had the slightest suspicion that ! the resultant sensation was SO poignant, | should never have invited the experiment. " -Kennebec Journal.
 MT. De Smith-My darling, my own, un- | less you consent to wed me, I shall end my | miserable existence by blowing out my
 brains with a revolver. Miss De Pyth-I didn't know you had any. Mir. De Smith Yes, bought a new six shooter to-day.
 Miss De Pyth-I didn't mean the revolver. Brooklyn Life.
 1 On his last trip across the salty he got
 off a good many, and one day man I SGOpp6Q nlu Wluu II cOnuuuTuu say
 doctor" he said, ''what is the difference
 between you and Thanksgiving turkeyi'
 'I give it up," said the doctor. "Wel re piled the man, "the turkey is stuffed with
 chestnuts after it is dead. ."-Washingtor Star.
 Scene in Central Park, New York-Old
 husband (who is financially embarrassed, ,tc
 his young wife, who is not in the least em
 barrassed)-Don'tl look around at that man
 Molly; am afraid he is a deputy sheriff
 who has an attachment for me. Molly
 don't think it is you for whom he has go
 an attachment, so you need not feel un
 easy, hubby, dear.-Texas Siftings. | The heated summer term is OCT, | The precipitation leaves the brow. l The man W ho used to shut the door, ! Will always leave it open now. 1 Washington Post
Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-08
NEW HAVEN. CONN. MORNING, JANUARY 1891.
acquisitions, the ratiications of some of which are now pending in congress.

Oklahoma and elsewhere have been other acquisitions, the notifications of some of which are now pending in congress.
 The two Russian grand dukes, Nicholas and his brother George, who are now in India, and who are soon to sail for China and Japan, are expected in San Francisco about March 1. Thence they will proceed across the continent by special train, stopping off at Salt Lake City, Denver, Chicago, Niagara Falls and New York On their arrival at New York the party will find Russian fleet in waiting. A stop of but few days will be made in that city. From New York the Czaro- witz goes direct to St. Petersburg. The Grand Duke Nicholas is but twenty-four years of age. His brother George is nine teen years of age. They are accompanied on their present trip, which is undertaken with the view of instruction, by trusted officers of the Russian army.
 MT. Johnson Sides, the Piute who was accused of being the 'Indian Messiah" |" says the accusation is unfounded. He says: This whole story was begun by a Piute over in Mason valley they call Jack Wilson. Everybody knows him, and he was raised there. He's about 40 years old and his Piute name is "We-vo-cah," ," but he says God calls him ~''Po-he-djow," and now he is Gods son. He tells everybody he got sick and died two years ago last winter, and God made him alive and said he must preach to the Indians, and so he does ever since He tells lem that all what's dead will come to life again and get all their country back, and the whites will have to leave, so they'll be better off then they ever was before, with plenty of game and whatever they wants. He says the Indians must come out and see him every three monts, and lots of lem do. Captain Sam is one that believes in him, and he goes over there regular-been there seven or eight times. There used to be much more Indians what believed in him, but he's gettin' played out.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-08
WOLVES AND LAMBS.
SpecuIating Railroad Officials

Speculating Railroad Officials.
 From the Chicago Herald.l
 Nearly all railroad officials speculate in stocks more or less, and almost all who do are the easiest shorn lambs who dabble in Wall street. There are two classes of rail road officials who are known in Wall street. One class comprises presidents and directors, who are on the inside. These men usually know what they are about, and almost always make money. The other class is composed of subordinate officials. They know nothing about the financial management of the roads, and are lambs of softest fleece. The first class operates to make millions, is in instant communication with Wall street and the financial packers of the roads, and sells short as readily as it sells long. It is al ternately bull and bear on the values of the securities of the corporations it repre- | sents. The lambs speculate on the pros poets of an advance. They see a heavy tonnage passing over the road, great crops being gathered, and know what rates are | being received for transportation. From | such causes as these they reason out an in | crease or decrease in net earnings. They know that the legitimate effect of an in- | crease in net earnings would be to advance the value of the stock, but they do not know what the policy of Wall street may | be. To the credit ofathe lambs it should be said that they are rarely found selling l the stocks of their own roads short.
 In the late Wall street manipulation 8 party of eight Chicago railroad officials were shorn of e round $47 $50. They in cluded representatives of four roads and had inside information that the earnings of the Northern Pacific for October were the largest for any month in the history of the road. Northern Pacific was selling cheap and they formed pool to buy. Theoretically they were right, for North ern Pacific is paying about four per cent. l on its preferred stock and the road is car cilities to handle. But theories did not pan out. In the storm that swept through
 Wall street Northern Pacific was swept out of sight, and the margins of the pool kept company with the stock. It is a rule on all Vanderbilt roads that no one con nected with them shall speculate in stocks or margins. This rule was laid down by Commodore Vanderbilt, and no excuse is
 taken for it's violation. The offender is | invariably peremptorily discharged Of
 course this law does not apply to members
 of the Vanderbilt family, but they long
 ago passed out of the speculative stock
 market, and do not operate to any extent
 on margins. Jay Gonld's railroad officials
 are not much given to stock speculation,
 although some of them occasionally take
 flyer. As a rule the officers of the
 Gould roads are the best paid, best cared -l for railroad odieials in the country.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-08
gnmrnaI aud Gut1rier.

The Oldest Daily Paper Pub
 lished. in Connecticut.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-08

Ol houoou aAohO.
 You can't run away from fate. Emma Abbott was in constant fear of pneumo- mia, and upon her last professional visit to Cincinnati it was noticed that the windows and doors in her room at the hotel were stuffed and blanketed in order that not a breath of air might blow upon her. She also wore heavy collar as an extra pro lection. And yet pneumonia claimed her at last.
 There is "girl preacher" as well as a 'sboy preacher" Mrs. Maggie Van Cott, the old-time Methodist revivalist, is now holding meetings in Chicago. She is sixty one years old, and for a quarter of cen tury she has been active in church work. She has scarcely gray hair in her head, her voice is clear and strong and her com plexion has the ruddy hue of health. The only mark of advancing years is @ slight deafness.
 A plan for the reorganization of the Swedish army has just been laid before the Swedish parliament. It proposes the universal liability to service as under stood in it's widest sense-every one able to bear arms must serve. Eighteen thous- and men are required by it annually to en- list for ten and half months After the full years service every soldier would be called out to camp for forty-fve days every year. The plan has been submitted to commission composed of the highest officers in the Swedish army.
 The government has acquired large amount of Indian land lately. Documents laid before congress show that over 20, f'900, ,000 acres have been acquired within two years, and nine-tenths of it witffir about year. No less than 1000, 900 acre. of this was received from the Sioux, large part of whom are now on the war path. Very extensive sessions, amounting it is said, to about 4,000, 900 acres in tn aggregate, have been made by the Grippe was Only short time ago the Crow agreed to part with slice of 1,S5O, ,O0
 acres from their reserYation, Arounl
Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-08
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Six and half millions of hats were made and sold in Danbury during the last year. This was half the production of the whole country. Protection did it.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-08

People who can work and who have work to do have something to be thankful for. Sixty thousand people are said to be out of work in the city of Berlin. Ninety thousand are out of work in the east end of London alone.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-08

New Haven Savings Bank. YTyHE semi annual meeting of the Trustees of < the New Haven Savings Bank will be held sf the banking house on Tuesday evening, Jan l,sry 9th, at 73f o'clock.
 .T6e Bank wi6 be closed the first week in Jan uery q usual, for the purpose of writing In the inf6rest on deposits, and will be open for busi- neGs on ThurSdAy, January 6th. #
 d36 1t JOHN F. TUTTLE Prestdent.