Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1893-04-05


The funeral of Mrs. j. ID. Mcdonald too
place last Thursday, and was largely al
tended. The services were held at st. Bel
nard's church.
The six sections for the large fly whet
of the Minor Lumber Co. mill have bee
cast by the Industrial Works. The whee
weighs five tons.
There are too many cattle running a
large on the streets of this city, and tn
pound should at once be put in commits
sion. Abate the nuisance.
VIM Mulvena has banked 1900, 900 fee
of logs OH the North Branch the pas
winter. The logs are for the Minor Lum
Der Co. and Bolton 4 McRae.
Petitions signed by numerous Alpeni
citizens have been presented to the STATE
Legislature, requesting that church prop
erty be exempt from taxation.
Washington Gardner will lecture OH th'
Battle Above the Clouds, Lookout
Mountain-at the Baptist church, on Fri
day evening of this week. Admission 81
cents.
The now aldermen will take their seats
in the Common Council next Monday
evening. At that time it is probable, bu
not certain, that the appointed officers
will be selected.
A telephone message was received
from Rogers City yesterday, stating thai
VIM. Kitchen, a well known citizen Of
that place, had committed suicide by tax
ing carbolic acid
The recent shipments of hemlock bark
extract, by the Messrs. Taber, comprised
so barrels to Louisville, Ky, SO barrels
to Wobun, Mass, and 40 barrels to
South Haven, Mich.
Last Friday evening Alpena Command.
cry, knights Templar, thirty strong,
marched from their temple TO Trinity
church, where they listened to an eloquent
address 10y Rev. John Munday.
The fifth and last entertainment of the
Y. NJ. G. A. star course will be given at
the Opera House on the evening of the
18th. The attraction will be the Odeon
Banjo, Mandolin and Quartet Club.
The morning stars for April are
Uranus, Venus, and Mercury, and the
evening stars are Saturn Jupiter, Mars,
and Neptune. On the 10th there will be
Il total eclipse of the sun, invisible in AL
pcna.
The Woman's Home Missionary Society
of the VI. +. church, will meet at Mis-. r.
C. Folkerts' residence, on Oldileld street,
Friday afternoon of this week. Tea will
be served at six o'clock. All cordially
invited.
A fire alarm from the residence of Homer
Smith, corner of Third and Maple streets,
was turned in last Wednesday evening.
The fire was caused by gasoline being
used to remove stains from clothing. The
damage done was light.
The work of extending the AuSable X
Northwestern railroad to Lewiston will
commence about the middle of this month.
The distance is eight miles, and then that
lively village of Montmorency will have
two railroads running to it.
The railroad company has hauled all
the pine logs of G.. n. Fletcher Sons
from the Mud Lake region, in Altoona
county, to this city. Over three million
feet have been hauled for that firm and
banked on the river just above the Potter
mill.
There were nineteen days in last month
when the lowest temperature was at OF
above Is degrees. There were four days
when the lowest temperature was above
freezing, and at no time during the month
did the mercury descend below the zero
mark
Monday night this section of the State
was visited by thunder storm. The
rainfall was heavy, and lasted several
hours. Just previous to the storm there
was thick fog. Snow storms have been
common OH election day, but thunder,
lightning and rain are off tho usual.
The fish tug Maxwell A. worked her
way through the ice in the river, below
the Second street swing bridge, last
Thursday, and forced a passage for a
short distance into the bay. At that
time the ice field in the bay was about
four miles wide and was too thick for the
tug to break.
The number of members belonging to
the various tents of the X. o. Il. NJ, in
this county, Oh the last of February, was
as follows: Thunder Bay tent, 272; Gran
tic tent, 215; Alpena tent 217; Champlain
tent, 90 Lehndorff tent, %; Long Rapids
tent, 20; Maple Ridge tent. 10. The total
number of members was 96j. Tho total
in the State was As, III.
The officers elected in Wilson township
are: William Mulvena, supervisor; n.
NJ Brackinreed, clerk James Willett,
treasurer William King, highway CON-
missioner Allen King and Richard Cur
It's, justices of peace; James Eagle and
Allan King, school trustees Pardon
Buel and Almond Davis, board OF review
J. Il. Hill, Archie Mcclellan, c. +. Heron
and Charles Eagle, constables. There
was only ticket in the field.
The Vrecland minstrel company appear.
ed ut tho Opera House last Wednesday
and Thursday evenings, and the first
evening was patronized by a large audi
encc. The company gave very pleasing
exhibition, the musical part of the program
was fine, the singing fair, and the special
ties amusing and clean. The club swing