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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-01-28

to the Chicago Labor convention. to
represent the fifth district of Michigan
in the convention that nominated
James B. Weaver for President of
the United States. In 1884 he was
elected Prosecuting Attorney of Ionia
county over S. V. r. Trowbridge, ex-
Attorney-General, and in 1886 he
was reelected by an increased major
ity. He served the people well and
made one of the best and ablest pros
cutting attorneys Ionia county has
ever had. In 1888 Mr.. Ellis was
nominated for Attorney General on
the union ticket, composed of Dem
ocrats and Greenbackers. He made
a good run, receiving about 500 votes
more in the State than the Cleveland
electors. AT the spring State election
of 1890 he was elected Mayor of Ionia
City over one of the strongest Re-
publicans in the city. 1t August
1890, he was nominated by the In
dustrial party for the office of Attor-
ney-General and was nominated for the
same office by the Democratic conven-
tion at Grand Rapids.
Mr.. Ellis is one of those men whose
success politically or financially does
not puff up, is friend to the laboring
man and has many warm friends
among the poor. He was reared to
hard work, and judges every man by
his true worth and not by the length
of his purse string.-Detroit Free
Press.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-01-28
Adolphus A. Ellis, Attorney-G General.

Adolphus A. Ellis, Attorney-Gen-
eral, was born in Vermontville. Eaton
county, being one of family of ten
children. In his early years he was
busily engaged on the farm in the
summers and attended a country
school winters. His mother died
when he was Is years old, and short.
ly after "Dolph" struck out for him
self. At the age of 16 he attended
school at Charlotte, doing chores for
his board. In the early spring Of
1865 he enlisted in the Fifth Michigan
Cavalry. but on account of his age
and size failed to pass muster. Going
west in 1865 he worked as foreman of
a large farm in Iowa until he had
saved enough money to pay for a
years schooling. After attending
school one year in Iowa he returned
to Michigan and earned enough, by
hardwood numbering. to carry him
through college. The next three
years was spent in study at Olivet.
After leaving college he worked on
the construction of the old Peninsular
Railroad (now Grand Trunk, and
later taught school at Crank Ledge
and Muir, continuing his studies
meanwhile. In January, 1876, he
was admitted to the bar. He located
at Muir, Ionia county, and practiced
his profession in the village till jan
uary 1, 1881, when he moved to Ionia
City, where he has since resided.
Mr.. Ellis is one of the leading
members Of the Ionia county bar, is q
hard worker and a hustler both in
business and politics. His private
practice has been large and many of
the most important cases in Ionia
county within the past ten years have
been intrusted to him. His success
has been almost phenomenal, and has
commanded widespread recognition.
Politically, Mr.. Ellis was a Republic
can until 1877, when being opposed
to the class legislation Of the .Republi-
can party in retiring the greenbacks,
demonetizing silver. and other kind
red acts, he joined the National Labor
party. In 1878 he stumped Ionia
county for the Labor party. In 1880
he was sent by the State convention
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-01-28
Farmers Letter.

Editor Chicago Herald.-You ask
the farmers to write, and as I believe
there is no question of more import
ance to the farmer than politics, !
want to take little space upon that
subject. / was a Republican until
lately. would hurrah for our candi.
dates and vote for them. Protection
seemed to me a grand scheme. The
stump orator would pull the wool
down over my eyes, and then tell me
about the kind-hearted manufacturer
who, if protected, would pay me
enormous prices for my produce and
would pay his employees comfortable
salaries. But between acts things
would quiet down. The orator wal
off in Congress raising tariffs. This
trust and then that one would pinch
me little. The railroad company
occasionally pleasantly squeeze me
And SO it would go until / would be
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-01-28

1t was Mr.. Emerson who said "the first
wealth is health" and it was wiser than
the modern philosopher who said that "the
blood is the life" The system, like the
clock, runs down. 1t needs winding up.
The blood gets poor and scores of diseases
result. 1t needs tonic to enrich il.
A certain wise doctor, after years of pa
tient study, discovered medicine which
purified the blood, gave tone to the system,
and made men--tired, nervous, brain-wast-
ing men-feel like new. lie called it his
Golden Medical Discovery" 1t has been
sold for years, sold by the million of bot
ties, and people found such satisfaction in it
that Dr. Pierce, who discovered it, now
feels warranted in selling it under posi-
tive guarantee of its doing good in every
case.
Perhaps it's the medicine for you. Yours
wouldn't be the first case of salt-rheum, skin
disease, or lung disease, it has cured when
nothing else would. The trials worth
making, and costs nothing. Money refund
ed if it don't do you good.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-01-28

As the result of the new tariff, the
Stevens Linen Works, the largest of
the kind in the United States, whose
goods are sent to all parts of the coun-
try, haye given notice of the following
advance in the prices of goods: Tow
els, 81 to $1.25. $3.50 to $1.70, $1.75
to so per dozen; buck towels, 81 to
$3.50, $3.50 to 1886 per dozen nap
kins, rs to 90 cents, 81 to $1.15 per
dozen table damasks, 25 cents to 20
cents, 80 cents to 35 cents, 40 cents to
As cents per yard; linen toweiings, 5
cents to st cents, 7 to st cents, 10
to lit cents, II to 13i cents per
yard; chenille table covers, rs cents
to 81, $50 to $1.75 each; table
cloths, rs cents to 80 cents, 81 to $1,15,
1925 to $1.40 each. - Worcester,
Mass, Spy.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-01-28

Everybody in this busy age appreciates
the value of current history and tries his
best to keep in touch with recent events,
with those things which are happening un-
der his own nose and which are the results
of the latest activity and thought. The
newspaper strives TO supply this popular
need for the general current intelligence,
but has often to be hastily swallowed be-
tween sips Of coffee at the break OF day and
sips of tea in the evening. The occupied
man Of affairs has TO content himself with a
hasty glimpse at the days news, frequently
from time to time losing the connection of
events and finding himself unable to sum
up the real value Of the various world hap
penings. The Detroit Evening News has
realized this difficulty and with character
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-01-28
The l. 9. 3. 4, 5.

The Canadian Fireside Weekly is out
with another grand prize competition to in
crease its circulation in which 800 valuable
prizes are offered. This is no puzzle or
trick, and requires no searching in diction-
aries or books of any kind. 1t is ingenious
but simple, and has never before been offer
ed by any paper. A child of eight can win
as easily as a college professor. Among
the prizes are bicycles, tricycles, 500 cash,
furniture, silverware, jewelry, summer trips
prizes for men, women, boys and girls,
800 in all Send at once &c for sample copy,
with full particulars and list of prizes, to
9 Adelaide street west, Toronto, Ont. Men
ton this paper. lOl6ml
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-01-28

on any civilized people. The people
need only the bare facts, and they will
punish the protective tariff robbers in
1892. Proceed to business, tariff re-
formers, accept the challenge and
clean out the legalized tariff robbers.
May you do it, is my earnest desire.
Brown s. WooD.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-01-28
Detroit Markets.

The following market quotations
are copied from the Detroit Free
Press.
Apples, $3.50 to $50 per Dbl
Butter, 10 to 90 per pound.
Live fowls, &c TO &c per pound.
Live turkeys, 10 to lie per pound.
Eggs, 10 to % cents per dozen.
Flour per BARREL 1926 to $3.50
Hay, baled, $500 to 81. 90 per ton.
Oats per bushel, 47c to 4Sc.
Onions, Ito to 1.25 per Dbl.
Pork, $1,000 to $11.75 per Dbl.
Potatoes, 90 to LOO per bushel.
Wheat, 900 to $006 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, 1891-01-28
DRoBATE ORDER.

State of Michigan, county Of Alpena, IS.
At a session of the Probate Court for said coun-
ty held at the Probate Office in the city OF Alpena,
on the fifth day of January, 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 William Frederick
son, Julius, Clara, and Henry Ward Bertram,
minors,
on reading and fling the petition, duly verified.
Of Ellen l.. Bertram, guardian OF said minors pray
ing for license TO mortgage real estate for the pur-
pose Of paying the expenses and charges Of main
tanning and supporting said minors.
Thereupon IL is ordered, that Monday, the I'd day
OF February next ut ten o'clock in the forenoon, be
assigned for the hearing of said petition, and that
the next of kin and heirs at law of said deceased and
all othepersons interested in said estate are requir-
ed TO appear at n session Of said Court then TO be
holden in the Probate Office, in the city OF Alpena,
Of Alpena county and show cause, II any there be,
why the prayer of the petitioner should not be
granted and IL is further ordered that said petit
toner give notice to the persons interested in said
estate of the tendency OF said petition, and the
hearing thereof by causing copy Of this order TO be
published In the AlpenaW eekly Argus, newspaper
printed and circulating in said county, three sue
cessive weeks previous to said day Of hearing.
"A true copy.l GEO. M. bbUssEh,
iOi3wi Judge Of Probate
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-01-28

English SPAWN Liniment removes all
hard, soft or calloused Jumps and blem-
ishes from horses, blood spavins, curbs,
splints, sweeny, rlng-bone, stiles, sprans,
all swollen Threats, coughs, etc. Save
$50 by use of one bottle. Warranted the
most wonderful blemsh cure ever known.
ma. 1,003y1
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-01-28
TOTOKETT MILLS.


Situated on the Shitucket River AZ
miles from the center of the city of
Norwich, owned by Lorenzo Black
stone, and mananged by his sons.
They manufacture a fine quality of
sheetings.
Number of spindles, 10000
Lbs. cotton consumed per an
mum, 400, 900
Yards sheeting manufactured
per annum, 5000, 900
Estimated lbs. of freight per
annum, 100000
Amount paid for freight per an
mum, $4,000
mum, $50, 900
Number Of hands employed, $50
Now let us analyze the above state
ment and learn the facts. First we
will learn what the labor cost is per
yard to make that fine sheeting. l
divide the $4,000, the cost of la
Dor, by the 100000, and find it to
be one and two-thirds cents per yard.
Second I will find the average wages
of the help per day. l divide the
$4,000 by $50, the number of hands,
and find it to amount to 5000 per
year, 1884 per week, or Ga cents a
day. Mind you, that includes super
intendents and bosses pay also. What
must the common help get after the
superintendent and bosses help are
paid? How much above starvation
wages do the laborers receive in this
high protective country? Are not
the protected manufacturers rather
hard on their help? Could they not
divide a little more literally with their
help? Let us see. Now I propose to
answer the challenge.
I will figure the amount of the du-
ty on fine sheeting, such as this mill
makes.
Schedule /, cotton manufactures.
I find the specific duty ranges from 2
cents per square unbleached, to AZ
cents per yard. If bleached, from %
to IL cents per yard. This fine sheet
ing comes under the Al cent specific
clause for bleached cloth. Now the
specific duty on the 100000 yards
amounts to $4,000.
The ad valorem of 45 per centum
on that sheeting, if worth only 81
cents yard, would be s114,750.
Now the specific duty of $4,000
and the ad valorem duty Of s114,750
amount to $249,75O. Divide the
whole protection, $249,750, by the
whole cost of labor, $4,000, we find
that the protection to be four times
the cost of all the labor to make that
cloth, and S49.750 besides. Are not
the above figures sufficient to satisfy
the inquiring mind that the Mckinley
bill protects the manufacturer more
than the difference between the cost
of labor in the United States and for
eign nations? / think they do. Now
my good reader, how about the pau
per labor Of Europe? Sixty-four
cents day in this highly protected
country for labor. How much of the
protected property does the manufac-
turer divide with his help? The mag
nificent sum of "a cents day.
think the above should satisfy the
readers that the challenge is all brag-
adocis. The fact is, the protection on
nearly every protected article, is two
or three times the cost of labor to
make the article. Does the Troy Tel
egram want other articles analysed
for their especial benefit For the
benefit of the people the analyzation
should riddle the Mckinley protective
tariff, which would show one of the
most stupendious frauds ever imposed
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-01-28
Notice.

To Owners Of lots in Evergreen Cemetery:
You are hereby notified 20 present your deeds TO
lots AZ the City Recorders Office, and have them
entered In the record free Of charge, prepared for
that purpose. 10 is necessary TO do this 80 as
10 protect your titles 20 said lots.
~ DAVID BRUNEAU,
lO10m2. Comptroller.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-01-28

Have your catarrh cured before you be-
come deaf, by Dr. Mcclure.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-01-28

DIR. Mcclure cures all chronic discharges
from the ears.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-01-28
Catarrh in Colorado.

l used Ny's Cream Balm for dry ca
tarrh. 1t proved a cure. b. f. Nj Weeks
Denver.
Ely's Cream Balm is especially adapted
as remedy for catarrh which is aggra-
waited by alkaline dust and dry Winds
w. \. Hovey, druggist, Denver
can recommend Ely's Cream b aim to
all sufferers from dry catarrh from per-
sonal experience.-Michael Herr, pharm-
acist, Denver.
Ely's Cream Balm has cured many cas-
es Of catarrh. 1t is in constant demand.
G. w. Hoyt, pharmacist, Cheyenne, Wy.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-01-28
For Sale

Two billiard tables and one pool table,
will be sold cheap. Apply to,
GEO. +. McRAE.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-01-28
Democratic State Convention.

The Democrats OF Michigan will meet In State con-
vention at the rink In Lansing, on Thursday. Feb
rusry 26th, 1890. at IL o'clock NJ, for the purpose
Of nominating one candidate for Justice OF the Su-
preme Court OF Michigan, two candidates for Re-
gents OF the State University, and the transaction
Of such other business as may properly come be
fore IL.
Each county in the State will be entitled to one
delegate for each 500 votes cast for Governor
at the last general election and additional deli
gate for fraction of not less than $50 votes, but
no county shall have less than two delegates. All
delegates must be residents Of the county they rep
resent.
The delegates from each congressional distrotwill
meet in caucus at 10 o'clock A. NJ, on the day OF
election, at quarters TO be hereafter designated by
the State central committee and recommend persons
for service in the organization Of the convention.
Each district Is entitled TO ice-president OF the
convention, and one member each Of the committees
on credentials. permanent organization. and order
DANIEL J. CAMPAU,
Chairman
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-01-28

Itch on human and horses and all ami
mails cured in 30 minutes by Woolford's
Sanitary Lotion. This never fails. Sold
by Edward &. Spens, druggist, Alpena.
1003mG
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-01-28

Rhubarb Wine for general debility. Sold
by Field q Gray and j. 4. Bostwick
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-02-13

Then there WIS the usual pretty tariff
sqaabble5 bat in tariff fight the dog
THAI asks for protection always gets the
bone, while the dog that asks to be let
alone gets kicked and cutfed by the
givers Of tariff bones The great leather
industry asked TO be let alone, TO have
no higher dnty or no duty at all on de-
gras~ lt y the very nature Of McEin-
leyisn To kick industries which make
such free trade requests. and the leather
industry got kicked The duty on de
gras was changed from 10 per cent ad
valorem 20 a half cent per pound This
duty Is equal TO from - 10 40 per cent
ad valoFem, and Is an increase, there
fore, OF from $50 TO 500 per cent on the
old rate
But this was not the only advantages
given 20 the menhaden oil trust The
duty on their oil under the old tariff
law was - per cent. ad vElorem. a duty
which the Mills bill proposed TO abol-
ish altogether, as the industry does not
need it. Nearly one-third OF the men
hadeu oil Is exported and there IS no
mention of any imports But the Nc
kinley law changed the 25 per cent
duty to a specific duty of S cents per
gallon The average price of menhaden
oil last year was about "a cents a gallon;
and the Mckinley duty, therefore, is
I equal to SSt per cent.
So it is the old tariff story once again
/ The menhaden trust pushes matters in
| Washington and gets a heavy increase
/ of the duty on degras; the duty on fish
/ oil Is increased by nearly one-third;
/ then the trust meets and moves mp
/ prices two cents gallon. The men
baden oil trust is simply taking possess
sion of the tariff that Mckinley pre-
/ pared for If. They have as much right
to combine and raise prices as NfcFIiu-
1 ley has 10 raise duties and make such a
| and trusts go hand in hand, and it only
remains for the people to say how long
this Unholy alliance is to continue its
/ work of raising prices.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-02-13
PROTECTION WANTED AT HOME

Cheap Southern Iron Close Up Furnaces la
PennayiyanIa and Ohio - prot ectIouFs
ARlgeG OF the Railroads.
The lowest cost OF making pig iron in
Europe, given in United States Labor
Commissioner Carroll d. Wright's Pre-
hminary Report of the Cost of Produc-
tiOn,'' is S7.67 per ton; and the European
average cost is SO9I per ton. In
the same report seven Southern estab-
Hsments are given IN which the cost of
production is below the average in
Europe.
Since this report was PUblised last
summer a British mining expert has
made report on a certain iron property
in the South where iron can be pro
6uced. he claims, at cost of s. per ton.
1t is a remarkable fact that the South
ern infant iron industry is now produc-
ing the cheapest iron in the country,
and is actually closing up old and we'll
established furnaces in the North. The
furnaces in the South have had no sort
of protection" against those in the
North; but now the amusing thing hap
pens, and some Of the Northern fur
naces are anxious for a form Of pro
lection against those of the South.
Twenty-three blast furnaces We're re
Gently shut down in the Niahoning and
Shenango valleys of Pennsylvania and
Ohio. throwing nearly 10000 vOrl1men
out of employment.
Manufacturer, great ProtectiOnisS
/ trade journal of Pittsburgh, says: The
/ first reason given by the furnace own
/ ers why they can not continue opera
/ tiOns under present conditions is the
/ large amount of Southern iron now
/ being shipped into that district
/ As no tariff can be levied by one State
against another the Pennsylvania and
Ohio iron men know not where to turn
/ for protection" from Alabama They
ham, Ala, to Youngstown, O., about
paid on pig from Youngstown 70
! Pittsburgh, "a miles, is so cents
per ton. In one case this is a half
cent a ton mile, in the other it is /. %
cents
/ What, then, do the Shenango and
MahOning men want? The Manufact-
urer says they ''hold that they should
/ be protected from Southern compete
ton by making the rate in iron from
| the South commensurate with that
on iron going out OF the val
leys- The valley furnace men say
that, being situated midway between
the ore and the coke supplies, they
should be able to produce iron in com
petition with any part OF the North,
aud would do 50 were they protected
from Southern inroads-"
These men have relied on ''prOtec-
/ ton" SO long that they turn now TO the
I railroads and ask them for protection
/ against the Southern competitors, the
infant industries which as yet are
barely started on their course of Geyei
l 0nrneut
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-02-13
u Woman,s =.

This country spends about $, 600. 600
a rear for ostrich feathers California
has six ostrich farms; and TO protect
the six owners OF these the women OF
the country are made 70 pay q duty Of 10
been dyed or finished for use. and a
duty OF so per cent on such as have
been thus prepared for uss. Do the
women believe In protection OF that
Lzind2
1t Is stated by the New York Mer-
chants Review that niue-tenths OF the
industries of the country are under the
control of trusts or com binations of
some kind. Never has there been 50
great activity In forming these conahina-
tions as since the passage of the Ac-
Kinley tariff law The era OF AsEin-
leYism is the era Of trusts
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-10-20
DEGIsTER's ORDER.
LIZ REGISTERS OFFICE,
NEW CASTLE Co., DEL,

oCt. q 1891.
Upon the application of Geo. w. Nc
Kee and Jno.P.Mckee, Executors of An
drew Mckee. late OF Wilmington Hun
derd, in said county, cecea sed, 1t is Or
dered and directed by the Register that
the Executors aforesaid give notice
of granting OF letters Parliamentary
upon the estate OF the deceased, with
the date of granting thereof, by causing
advertisements to he posted within
forty days from the date of such letters
in six OF tile most public places OF the
county ofkew Castle and state OF Della
ware, requiring all persons having de-
mands against the es ate to present the
same, or abide by an net of Assembly
in suoh case made and provided; and al
so cause the same to be inserted with
in the same period in the Daily Repub-
lican, a newspaper published in Will
mington, Del. and to be continued there
in three weeks G. O. d.
-, Given under the hand and Seal
s.s. of office of the Register aforesaid.
49, at Wilmington, in New Castle
County aforesaid, the day and year
above written.
j. WILKINS CooCH, Register.
NoTICE.-All persons having claims
against the estate of the deceased must
present the same. duly attested to the
Executors on or before oct. eth.
1892, Or abide the Act of Assembly In
such case made and provided,
GEORGE W. MCKEE,
JOHN r. MCKEE.
Executors.
Address, Wilmington. Del.
os-3w'eod