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Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1893-01-25
OUR TELEPHONE.

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inc for each insertion.
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1893-01-25
TIRE receipts OF the AIPena |
for the past twelve wears:

The number Unregistered packages
sent from the Office during the past
year was 10000, and the following
will show the number of registered
packages sent each year during the
loe& <xrnIuo roo~,
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1893-01-25

w. b. Comstock took a trip TO Bay
City Monday.
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1893-01-25

The East Tawas Gazette has the
following: 1--WE are pleased to an
nounce this week that Benz. Rich
ards, formerly resident here and
one Of our substantial business
men, is to return soon from Alpena,
where he has resided the past four
or FIVE years. An office, similar to
the glass enclosure in the Anker
market, is now being built in the
hardware store of the Richard Bros.
and here Mr.. Richards will spend
his time, assisting in the Office work
of this large business institution.
The vacant lot Oh the north side Of
Mrs. r. Whites residence has been
purchased, and fine new house
will be built there in the spring,
but until then Mr.. Richards will
occupy the now vacant White
property. Within few days the
family will be here, and we shall
all welcome them most heartily"
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1893-01-25
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Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1893-01-25
Total receipts for 1899 .............s'

The receipts for the preceding
year, 1891, amounted to $9,072.0l,
which shows an increase in favor
of 1892 of $581.37.
The expenses of the postoffice
during 1892, were a little less than
the receipts, and were for post
masters salary, clerks salaries, four
letter carriers salaries, rent, fuel,
light and the salaries of the two
railway postal clerks, who sort all
the mail carried by the Detroit, Bay
City & Alpena railroad, between this
city and Alger.
The following will show the en-
tire receipts of the Alpena postotfice
T.. 4 "A l.
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1893-01-25

Washing wanted, or will go out by the
davis work. Apply at 424 Tawas street.
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1893-01-25
For Sale.

Valuable farm land to exchange for city
property. Enquire at ARGUS office.
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1893-01-25
PERSONAL.
Fred Lincoln Is visiting friends In tow

A. N. spratt and II. X. Morse have re.
turned home.
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1893-01-25

Frank limerick returned home from
Lansing. Saturday night.
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1893-01-25
Good Reading Cheap.

II you want good reading cheap, call at
this Office and subscribe for two or more
excellent publications
Weekly Free Press aud Argus. S1.75
Cosmopolitan aud Argus, $50
Peterson and Argus, $50
Godey's Lady Book and Argus, $50
American Agricultural and Argus, eco
Demorest's Magazine and Argus, 800
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1893-01-25
Business of the Alpena Postoffice Dur.
Ing the Year 1892.

The receipts of the Alpena post
Office during the year 1892, from
box rents and from sales of stamps,
postal cards, stamped envelopes,
newspaper wrappers, ETC., was the
largest of which we have any rec
ord, for any one year, and was as
fOllows.
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1893-01-25
Here are Your Letters.

The following is list of letters at the
postotIice uncalled for, and If not claimed
soon will be sent to the dead letter office:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-08
A GOOD ROMANCER,

From The Minneapolis iFipuiie'
ro,hor shabby looking stranger with long hair
,o, on tbc steel arch bridge the other morning ana
Sn1"d un and down tie river by turns dhph,r-
totinc Gentleman with black whiskers ana halr IN
Wnst Hotel barber shop paused few feet from nm
G sn,fsd The gale, while foXterrler frlskeu npou
~ Nv foot The stranger approached ana WIN me
us ,,'rrrv We'll SIR" reeled of the following II
dnn'f icok much Ike It didy ninc years ago me
I'll, rre scarcely recog. liable. That lshnd D'lo"
~ IN ,cnc arch bridge not there. But was one
me st0 rtmnatcs or rather unfortunates, who helped
~ y, create IT, We going down the river WIN ~
ra, raft of ronch lumber and skins when our 'rnIt
er."t TO pieces on a hinge rock WHICH lay lnst oe
S.ti the water. unperceivcd. Inc river WIS run
in, high tha, spring and our crew wa, "" VIZ .
', ,r,e The only one to e,cape BnL 10 PnSs no,.
,hsse sad reflections to my story me Su,hei,
I'd n foundation fer that Wild Looking itlIc i'inu
Itch Won see Through long years uhi'woou "h h
IFS Of earth and pebbles washed anon. anu anu o." s
and their roots Groping out IN all nir' .IoIs
orVed 70 keep the embryo Island intact Inc oreaA
In the falls I'm -ty-o hurled the large rock 10 .me
rn,nue postion which they now occupy n "''""'"'e
LAND yos Tins created an -" .,
II mis- poInt I'm the narration the dapper eritle"nl
,r, n. an interrogation: Are you looking for
ANYTHING 10 do, stranger A., ,,s nm >, r,s tho
III an open for anything that turns up; WnS 'h'
Never mind that. my friend, have rohha prmr ,
Me- iccturcr auIt last night and want COCO mnm i
~" f,, " fancy Ike yours. Here's my cara Csii
W, n On n M" The stranger took the proHereu
",ntroarc.ory ticket and read
FRED A. PRIDE,
Manager Dime Museum. !: -'-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-08

laid out double avenue 200 feet VIDE with space
In the centre for a stleetcar line This avenue Is
six miles long running from the town OF Ontario 10
he mountains. with a steady ascent varying from
100 to 300 feet TO the mic. In December. 1855, tho
railroad was com pietcd and horse-cars put on. \
couple OF ingenious mechanics J. b. Tays and James
Birch. decided that the horses might as we'll ride on
the down tr D. and accordingly designed small plat
form car which Slides undcr the main car, for the
descent. on this the horses ride down. the chr
running by gravity. The Arrangement has been In
successful use since March, 1889.
The down trip is regularly made In thirty minutes
bnt the sonnet mes come down in half that tme
without stops. TIE horses or mules take very
kindly Ia the arrangement
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-08

WHERE TIE HORSES RIDE on STREET CARS
From The Orange Belt.
AT ontario Cali may sec the only street ran
way I'm Tie world that Is oresatei partly by morse
power and partly by gravity. Wien inc Sha ..y
kro,bes founded Ontario Bernardino County, they
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-08
With Butter goo. per pound,
Sugar SC.
Flour sc. "
Eggs goo. " dozen,

It is very easy dollar if your cake is made
with some cheap, inferior baking powder.
Always use the Royal Baking Powder, and
good luck will attend every baking, with light,
sweet, wholesome and delicious cake and pas
try and 10 good materials wasted in spoiled,
uneatable food.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-08

New dining car route to Montreal, via New-fork
Central and Adirondack and st. Lawrence Line. sotA
vsstihuled train.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-12-01
HOT WORK AT RIO.
Forts aud Vessels Bent or Mutual Destruc-


tito
NEW YORK. Nov. 25.-A dispatch &c
the World from Buenos Ayres says:
The mail from Rio brought advices
covering events from the 10th to the
18th. On the 10th the insurgent vessels
TrajanO and Aquidaban opened fire
and sent a shower of grap pc sweeping
over the Largo Pace to the war arsenal
NAM were killed and WOUNDED Com
munication between the feet and the
Insurgents at Nillegaignon was inter
rupted
At midday on the lIth the same two
ships opened their fire on Largo Pace,
killing and wounding many.
Nictherov was shelled on the 18th.
and government forces were compelled
to retire from the shore.
They captured the Republica. sunk
the Pallas, crippled the Bahia and scat
tered the balance of the insurgent YES
sells.
The commander Of the Republica and
many other officers were killed. Fort
La-o was silenced by forty-five pound
she'll from Fort Villegaignon. Martial
law has been declared until Novem-
Der 80.
The cruiser Tamarda, not yet COM
pleted was seized by the insurgents on
the 18th and put in order by an Ameri-
can engineer. who Is ow in prison.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-12-01
REVISING THE SCHEDULES.
Progress of the Work on the Tariff Bill
An Income Tax Assured.

Progress of the Work on the Tariff Bill
An Income Tax Assured.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 24.-The sessions
Of the full democratic membership OF
the ways and means committee We're
suspended yesterday " order to give
several of the subcommittee oppor-
tunity to revise some of the schedules
which had been ordered by the main
committee to be altered The sub
committee on internal revenue
was closeted all day in the speak
er's room. preparing the separate
bill which Is to deal with the in
t,rnal revenue schedules and income
tax provision. 1t has been definitely
decided by the full committee that the
income tax plan shall be adopted as a
part Of the new revenue system. and
the details OF the plan are to be per
fected by NesSrS- NcMillin. Bryan and
Montgomery. The changes in the in
ternal revenue schedule contemplate
an increase OF 10 cents per gallon on
the whisky tax and some slight modi-
fcations Of the tobacco tax.
Several hundred petitions inundated
the committee from tobacco manu-
facturers Of the United States asking
that the Mckinley tariff import duty
OF 81 per pound on leaf tobacco suit
able for wrappers be repealed, and a
duty Of IS cents per bushel be imposed
on all leaf tobacco. 1t appears to be
the intention of the committee to re-
duce the duty from 81 to about 81 per
pound.
Secretary Carlisle IS to meet the dem
ocratic members Of the ways and means
committee to-day 70 60 over the bill in
detail
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-12-01
Deslitut.on at scranton.

SCRANTON. Pa. Nov. 25.-Proud Of
her industries OF her natural wealth
and of her charities. the city of Scran-
ton has for nearly a month battled
vaEantly to conceal what was made
plain to everyone by reports of the po-
lice force made 70 Mayor COnnelL
These reports were TO the effect that in
side the police, by from door to
door canvass" found 10 families on
the verge of starvation the condition
Of some of these being so critical that
the policemen were forced TO make i'm
mediate contributions out of their own
rockets
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-12-01
Epidemic of Diphtheria.

NEwBURG. y. Y, Nov. 25.-An cpl
demic of diphtheria prevails in the
Duchess county villages Of Tivoli and
Madalin- Deaths from the contagion
have occurred in alarming numbers of
late. and private funerals by day and
night are of frequent occurrence The
physicians seem pOwerless TO check the
ravages of the disease. and the alarm
has become intense. 1t is said that in
the family of Louis Cashdollar.
OF Tivoi. thirteen persons were Ill
at one time with diphtheria- IN an
other family all the children died
The diphtheria became rooted in Tivoli
and Madalin nearly two years ago
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-12-01
FIRE AT COLUMBUS.
Three Theaters and Hotel Burned-Lcs
Over One Million Dollars-One Life Re
ported Lost

Three Theaters and q Hotel Burned-Loss
Over One Million Dollars-One Life Re-
ported Lost.
COLUMBUS, O., Nov. 25.-Fire broke
out in the new Henrietta theater. cor
ner Spring and Front streets. at sis
last night, and in less than an hour and
half this elegant playhouse, the Chit
tenden hotel and Auditorium and Park
theater were in ruins
Felix Morris. in THE Paper Chase"
was at the Henrietta theater and the
orchestra had just finished the overture
when Manager Albert Owens appeared
on the stage and informed the audience
that there was small blaze in the
rear of the theater, and suggested that
they leave the theater. As no flames
were to be seen and the audience was
small. they left in good order. The
members of the company were dressed
for their parts, and as they were as
sured the theater was fire proof. made
no efforts to remove their wardrobes.
In few moments the flames. which
first appeared in the large auditorium
adjoining the theater, and which was
unfinished, broke out in the rear of
the stage. Almost instantly the whole
proscenium was ablaZe. The members
of the company fed in their stage
clothes. The manager said that he
saved almost nothing. A high wind
was blowing and famed the flames sc
that when the fire department arrived
the theater was doomed and the Chit
tenden hotel, adjoining on the east,
was burning.
A man who was recognized as An
drew Armstrong. a stage hand who
worked above the scenery, appeared al
fourth story window of the theateI
and cried for help. He was told not te
Jump and he would be saved. He dis
appeared from the window and was not
seen again So far as known this wa:
the only life lost
The guests of the Chittenden hotel
had ample time to escape. but few OF
them saved any property. Steadily the
flames worked away at the fine hotel.
the fire department being apparently
helpless. In an hour after the fire broke
out in the Henrietta the hotel was fast
falling into ruins Just north of the
the Park theater. Gray & Stephens
with their trained dogs and ponies
were giving an exhibition there. The
curtain was suddenly rung down anc
the audience was informed that the no
tel adjoining was on fire So far WA
the audience from being panie-stricker
that they refused to go out and de
mands were made that the performance
proceed. They finally went out slowly
\ half hour later the theater, which
was frame building. was in ruins
Here also the company lost their prop
ertv. but saved their animals.
The Henrietta had just entered upor
its second season This theater. the
Auditorium adjoining and the ChitteI
den hotel were built three years age
by Mr.. Henry T. Chittenden. The
Henrietta was supposed to be fire proof.
The estimated loss on the Hen
rietta theater and Auditorium is about
$500. OOO: that on the Chittenden hotel
including furnishings and property
s4O0, coo. and the Park theater S,0,O 600
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-12-01
THE RUSK FUNERAL.
II undreds of People Pay Their Respects
The Church and Masonic Services

II hundreds of People Pay Their Respects
The Church and Masonic Services
VIRoQUA. Wis. Nov. 35.-Hundreds
of people. many of them notable. paid
the last tributes of respect to the late
Jeremiah NJ Rusk. ex-governor of Wis
son and secretary of agriculture of
President Harrison's cabinet The Bit
terlv cold weather did not prevent the
people of the entire surrounding couu-
try from attending the funeral and
many thousands of strangers were
present. large delegations crming from
the most distant parts of the north
west
The public services were of an ex-
tempore character and were conducted
by Rev Mr. Nuzum. of the Methodist
church. and Prof. ID. Butler a warm
personal friend OF Gen. Rusll. for many
years with the Wisconsin university.
The religious services were followed
by the reading of the beautiful burial
service of the Masonic blue lodge by
E. II. Bensenberg, commander of Wis
consin consistorv.
The honorary pail bearers were ex-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -hllleT. ASSISTANT sec
rotary of Agriculture Edwin Willis,
ex-Senators Angus Cameron, Philetus
Sawyer and John {. Spooner, ex-Govs
Horad and Fairchild, Justice John Il.
Cassiday. Gen Frederick Whittier and
Henry c. Payne. The acting pail bear
ers. all members of Twenty-hfth Wis
consin. Gen. Rusk's old regiment, We're
Maj. W. H. Joslyn, Surgeon ". A Colt,
NJ. r Gage. Capt c. \. Hunt. Capt. r
j. Whittleton, Capt J. f. Casson. Capt.
J. Il. Mccoy. E !. Kidd, ]. W. De Croft
and J. G. Burnell.
Immediately following the services
the funeral procession formed. headed
by an escort of the Knights Templer
from the Robert McDoy commandery.
Madison. of which the general was a
member.
At the grave the Masonic service was
read by officers Of La Belle lodge. No.
81, the home OF the lodge of which the
general was a member. and the mill
tarv salute closed all
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-12-01
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment WiaeE
rightly used. The many, who live bss-
ter than others and enjoy life NOE, with
Tess expenditure, by more pr0Eptiy
adapting the worlds best prOdeees 40
the needs OF physical being, win a4sssl
the value TO health OF the pure BGui1
laxative principles embraced IN tbs
remedy, Syrup OF Figs
Its excellenceSs due to its PresertDg
in the form most acceptable and FASzs-
ant to the taste, the refreshing and sTHiy
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; efectually cleansing the System,
diSpelling colds, headaches and fsreTs
and permanently curing constipation
1t has given satisfaction 70 millions and
met with the approval Of the medlczB
profession. because it acts on tie KID
news. Liver and Bowels without weak
eniDg them and it is perfectly free FROM
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs : for sale By al drug
ei.ts in zoe and 81 bottles, but It Is BEn-
nfactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose nameIs printed o. every
package, also the name, Syrup OF Figs
and being well informed, you vlii n0s
accept any substitute if offered
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-12-01
ANCIENT PLANT HISTORY.
IL Opens Up Wonderful Galleries to Both
Scientist and Poet Mind.

IL Opens I'D Wonderful Galleries to Both
Scientist and Poet Mind.
Whoever. wishing TO make acquaint-
ance with the plants and flowers that
ornament the fields and woods. takes
up the study of botany has very soon
to learn how to distinguish between
the endogens and the exogens. or the
inside growers" and the outside
growers" as they used to be defined.
1t has been found that this distinction
does not hold: that the exOgens, for in
stance do not grow exclusively on the
outside. and so the terms mOnocOtyle-
dons and dieotyledons are frequently
preferred in desert Ding the two classes
of plants Examples of the endOgens
or monocotyledons. plants which have
a single leaf-bud in their embryo. are
the palm and lily. Characteristic ex-
ogens or dicotyledons. plants which
produce double leaf-buds, are the rose
and the oak.
Notwithstanding the differences dis
tinguishipg them, however. certain re-
semblances between exOgens and endo-
gems have induced bOtanists to believe
that one must have been developed
from the other. The puzzle has been
to say how the development took place.
Here again. as so often occurs when
we try to understand by what steps
the earth and its inhabitants came into
their present condition, we are led far
back in the corridors of time. We are
required to reproduce in imagination.
I rrr,Aa,- he. Aar1 Of Saiaraza
that occurred perhaps millions of years
ago. and the smallest changes of which
consumed immense lapses of time.
An important contribution to the dis
cussion of the origin OF the exOgens
and the endogens has recently been
made by Rev. George HenslOw. He
thinks that the endogens have de
scendei from very early types of exc
gems. which preceded them. and that
the more immediate cause of their
origin in this manner was the acquire
ment by some of the primitive exogen-
Gus plants of an aquatic habit of life,
in other words the habit of living in
water. The adaptive changes in the
plant induced by its transference from
land to water. and afterwards back
again from water to land. are thought
to account for the development of en-
dogenous from the preceding exc genOus
forms.
This is very interesting theory for
the botanist to discuss. but the poet
also may find pleasure in it: and that
is making a very WIDE sweep indeed,
because every person who has vivid
imagination is at heart poet
What a vista. then. does this scienti-
fic speculation open before the poetic
eye-a vista that reaches back. back.
and yet back through those wonderful
geological ages until il reveals the re
hottest ancestors of the palm and the
lily taking their origin from the still
more ancient PrOgenitOrs of the oak
and the rose. while the continents
were rising and sinking, and mount
aims lowered M and disappeared
Youths Companion
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-12-01
THE WAR ON POWOERLY.
The General Master Workman Backs
Water-DeIegates Vociferous.


Water-DeIegates NociferouS.
PHILADELPHIA. Nov. p. - General
Master Workman Powderly backed
water in the session of the general as
sembly of the knights of Labor. and
endeavored to placate the strong oppo-
sition force by presenting new list of
delegates from among whom four will
be chosen for the general executive
board The me1 he named were;
John Devlin of Detroit. \. W. Wright
Of Canada, Hugh Caveaaugh OF Cincin-
natl Joha Costellow of Pittsburgh, I.
B. Mcguire OF New York, J. F. Duncan
of Indian territory. J. II. Robertson of
Arkansas nd 2. II. Quinn of Rhode
Island With the exception of the first
three the names We're all new.
B2llotinC for the new general execu-
tive board commenced early in the
afternoon. T. b McGuire. of New
York. was the only on OF the new
nominees who succeeded in getting
enough votes to elect him Ballot after
oallot was taken for the remaining
seven men. but no result was reached.
and the election had 10 be declared sus-
pended until this morning.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-12-01
Hypnotism Barred

MILWAUKEE. Nov. 22-About 600 per-
sons assembled at Lincoln hall last
evening for the purpose of listening to
4 lecture by Hypnotist J. A. Gregori-
witsch Of Russia on mind reading when
an order, signed BY the mayor. was
served on tho professor. ordering
leave town in twenty-four hours May
or Koch states that he took the step
after long consultation with the COM
missioner OF the health department In
his opinion performances of this kind
will produce cranks of the preadergsss
order
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-12-01
The LehiCh strike

BETHLEHEM. Pa. Nov. 25-Oficials
ofthe Lehigh Valley claim that the COM
pany has the upper hand and that a =
fairs are getting into better shape On
this. the company has begun to move
coal to Packerton-
BUFFALO. ". Y, Nov. 25.-The Lee
high officials received information last
night that about o'clock, engine 604
blew up Engineer Cooley. Conductor
Bender and fireman, name uuknown.are
seriously injured The two whose
names are given are not expected to
live They were non-union men lately
hired.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-12-01
One BODY Found.

DETROIT. Mich, Nov. 2l-Au night
long the iremen poured water on the
smoldering ruins of Edison. Moore &
Co.'S dry goods building. which was
burned with such fatalities. As soon
as the debris was cool, 4 search for the
FIVE dead was commenced About noon
a charred mass of flesh was unearthed-
1t was the body Of a large man, but
the features were so badly burned that
it was impossible to identify the re-
mains Search for the other unfor-
tunates was continued. but with little
hope Of success, as it is thought they
were entirely consumed
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-12-01

ST. LOUIS. Nov. 24-Fire which start
ed about midnight from an overheated
furnace totally destroyed in two hours.
with the contents. the six stores. 500
TO SO North Main street occupied BIZ
the Paddock-Hawley Iron Co, dealers
in iron and agricultural implements
The stores are four-story brick struct-
ures- extending from Main street TO
the levee on Franklin avenue The
loss on buildings and contents Is about
$4,000 Three hosemen were severely
shocked by current from a broken
electric wire struck by steam of water
from the hose they were holding, but
they are not fatally hurt.