Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1893-06-28

Alpena strawberries were for sale last
Saturday at the stores, and were soon
sold. They were better by far than those
imported.
j. Il. Field a. Co. are selling wall paper
at prices that make 1t cheaper TO re-paper
dirty walls than to try TO clean them.
On Saturday, July 9Th, there will be
about 200 Michigan newspaper men In
the city, being OH an excursion TO the
Worlds Fair
Almost every evening last week Il new
bicycle was received In town. Alpena
will soon have nice fortune invested In
safety bicycles.
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Elevators for carrying away the refuse
have been placed in the stave factory, and
will do the work that previously required
several persons.
The mill of Geo. N. Fletcher q Sons
was shut down Saturday last on account
OF the death OF the little child Of MIR. and
Mrs. +. w. Fletcher.
The adjourned May term of the Circuit
Court commenced Monday, but soon adj
journed for day in order that more
Jurors could be chosen.
! Mrs G.. Elder has been engaged as
directress of Trinity church choir and
the members are requested to attend
J choir at 8 o'clock Friday evening.
The tug Frank. w went to Greenbush
last Saturday to tow raft Of about ,0OO,-
J 900 feet from that place to the Minor
) Lumber Co. bay shore mill, in this city
/, The ladies OF the Baptist church will
serve hot dinner and supper, at 100 and
1872 Chisholm street, OH the Fourth. Ice
cream will be served during the evening.
II is probable the steamer City Of the
Straits will clear from this port this even
ing, OH her last trip, and her place will be
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: A number OF the poles erected by the
government, for the telephone line TO the
Thunder Bay Island life saving station,
have been set up In the road east OF Dock
street.
The total amount of the bills presented
to the Board Of Supervisors for services
In connection with the inquest OF the late
Mrs II. r. Kimball, is said to amount
to 5000.
The shipment of sulphite paper pulp,
from the factory of G. N. Fletcher Sons
last week, consisted Of 10000 pounds to
Batavia, ILL.,, and 10000 pounds to Den-
yer, Col.
A channel has been made through the
log jam OH the rapids, being the most
difficult one to make In many years, owing
to the manner i'm which the logs were
iammed.
A sidewalk has been laid to the fair
grounds on Fair avenue, and men are
now at work building one on Eleventh
street from Chisholm street to the fair
grounds.
There are twenty entries for the horse
races at the fair grounds on the Fourth,
and as the entries do not close until the
3rd, a number of horses here have not en-
tered yet.
The outside fence about the Court
House grounds has boon ordered to be
removed, by the Board of Supervisors,
and will be taken to the county poor
house grounds.
Joseph Damarsh was considerably in
jured by a slab at the Pack mill, Friday.
The piece OF slab was thrown by the ma
chinery with great force, and struck the
man on the side.
The palace steamer City of Detroit
makes special trip to Mackinac this
week, and will call here tomorrow after
noon on her way down. She does not call
at Alpena on her trip up.
Several pneumatic rubber tired wheels
for trotting sulkies, were received by AL
pena sportsmen last week and they will
he used to break trotting records at the
fair grounds on the Fourth.
The Guards were inspected at the
Armory last Friday evening, by the in
spector- general of the State troops. The
company turned out about 40 strong, and
passed the inspection In creditable man.
ner.
Two car loads of excelsior were shipped
OH the steamer City OF the Straits, We'd
nesday last, for Cleveland and Detroit,
and three car loads, OH the same steamer
Sunday, for Newark, Toledo and Column
bus.
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A raft OF logs containing about 1000,
600 feet was received by the Minor Lum-
Der Co. last week, from the Ocqueoc
river, Pressure Isle county. The logs
were numbered by Culligan & Doyle, last
winter.
The Mystic base ball club has made ar
rangements for playing game at Tawas,
with the club OF that town, on the Fourth.
The Mystlcs have been guaranteed $25.
The boys will leave on the express next
Tuesday morning.
All the logs owned by Saginaw firm
that went ashore at North Point last
year, have been recovered and RATED to
this city, and will be sawed at the Minor
Lumber Co. bay shore mill. The amount
is about 100000 feet.
II KoennenburQ wanted $4,000 from