1899-08-04; Clare Sentinel

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Established 1878.
CLARE, MICH., FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1899.
New Series: Vol.7, No, 381
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Happening. I
New Advertisements.
The Biclcnell Co., dry goods.
Clare Hardware Co.
G. A. Arcbamboult, groceries.
Curtis Palmer, genera] store.
' J. R. Goodman, hardware.
.Baumgarth Bros., dry goods.
Fred Goodman to Saginaw yesterday,
John H. Wilson to Kiaf-ara yesterday.
O. Case was down from Farwell yesterday.
Clifford Clark returned from Lake
Saturday.
D. R. Wait of Farwell was in tlie
city Monday.
Albert Cornwell returned from Detroit Tuesday.
Misses Rae and J_dith Wolsey go tb
Bay City today.
Rev. D'. E, MaloDC of Midland spent
Sunday in Clare.
Mrs. Jennie Converse returned from
Petoskey Tuesday.
Mrs. David Kirkpatrick has been
quite ill this week.
Attorney Quinn was down from
Harrison yesterday.
Milt. Lee and John Cuffler took in
tbe Falls excursion.
E. A. White of Evart spent Sunday
witb his family here.
Presiding Elder L. E. Lennox was in
the city over Sunday.
Dr. Taylor-Goodman of Saginaw was
in the city Wednesday.
J. C. Rockafellow is visiting old
friends at Mb. Morris, _T. Y.
The Guild will meet August 9fch
wit.li Mrs. C. H. O'Donald.
Ada Kane is visiting at tlie home of
Mrs. Andrew Shaw in Alma,
"VIis. R. G. JefiVries left Saturday to
join her husband in Petoskey.
E. D. Palmer and son, Ralph, left
for Norwich, _T., Y., yesterday.
Mrs. John Oliver lefb Thursday for
Canada for a visit with relatives.
Murney Bell spenb Sunday wibh his
wife who is visiting in Frankfort.
Rev. Benj. Graff and H. M. Rays
were down from Farwell Monday.
W. Wolsey goes to Chcago Monday
to purchase his fall stock of goods.
Mrs. Henry Horning is able to be
around again after a serious illness.
The Obher Aid will meet ab the
home of Mrs. E. A. Mulder August
9th.
Mrs. Florance TJtber is spending a
couple of weeks at bhe home of J. D.
Allen.
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Cornwell lefb for
Detroit Saturday for a visib with
friends there,
Mrs. A. E. Sheltraw of Saginaw is
visiting at the home of her sister, Mrs.
F. B. Doherty.
O. M. Sutherland and wife are
spending their vacation ab Detroit
and the Falls.
James Easbman and daughter,
Pearl,' are taking in the sights ab bhe
Thousand Islands.
Misses Irene and Lizzie Callahan
of Midland ara in Clare, guesbs of Mr,
and Mrs. James Hickey.
George 3. Cummins was in the ciby
Wednesday, having been ab Roscommon on legal business.
A new walk was this week laid in
front of E. H, Waller's, residence.
May nob obhers follow suit.
J. G. Husbed, who for some time
has been in norbher Indiana, was in
Clare the firsb of the week.
J. Walter Levie went to Sbandish
Tuesday for a two weeks' visib wibh
his cousin, M. C. Baumgarbh.
R. H. Rivers, D. D. S., of Farmer
City, Illinois, is in Clare this week
.guest of Miss Nellie Presley.
Rev. and Mrs. A. F. Choat and son,
Berni, of Ionia are visiting in Clare,
having arrived last Saburday.
wrs. Asa Bump returned from Mead-
Ville,Pa,, Wednesday, at which place
she has been visibing relatives.
Mrs. W. T. Davies went to Detroit
yesterday to take a short course in
optics with L, Black & company.
Mrs. Wm. Becker went Wednesday
to Wallaceburg, Ontario, called thence
by the serious illness of her sister.
Mr. B. C, Glazen of Bay Ciby is the
. new clerk at W. Wolsey's store,- he
kaving commenced work Honday.
Mr. and Mrs, Fred Lister and Hbble
daughter went Monday for a visit
with friends in Saginaw and Flinb:
Roy Husted returned home recently
from an extended visit at the home of
his uncle, Ernest Elwood, of Flinb.
M. F. Robinson, Chan. Breed and
Dr. L. L, Kelley of Farwell were
visibors ab the metropolis Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Bicknell and
little son of Shepherd spent Sunday
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. _T.
Bicknell.
Mrs. J. H. Smith and daughters,
Bessie and Hazel, of- Mb. Pleasant,
visited relabives in Clare' the firso of
bhe week.
Mrs. R. M. Mussell and son, Arbhur,
lefb bhis morning for a visit with Mr.
and Mrs. A. J. Mussell ab Bay Held,
Wisconsin.
Theo. Phinsey reburned Thursday to
Frankfort afber visiting his sister
Nellie who is very sick at bhe home of
J. D. Allen.
Ladies Union will meet Friday,
Augusb llth with Mrs. 0. H. Sutherland. Lobs of work, su leb there be a
good attendance.
A. J, Doherty went to Saginaw
Wednesday on business relative to
having ihe state telephone line extended to Farwell.
Steve Morrissey and sister, Miss
Marie, were in Clare Monday ou their
way to Harrison. Steve has been ab
Saginaw, Ionia and Lansing.
Ed. Sexmith returned home Wednesday from Maple Raoips where he has
been rusticabing on his uncle's farm,
and is much improved in health.
Harry Star of Saginaw, formerly
employe ab bhe elecbiic light power
house her, was in Olare bhe tlrsb of the
week, guest of Miss Louise Bruske.
Miss Elizabeth Bush of Saginaw was
in the city Wednesday on her way to
Crystal Lake to spend three weeks
wibh bhedaughters of Fred G,   Hooper.
The bricklayers on the sugar beet
factory ab Alma have struck for a
raise in wages. They were gebbing
$4.00 per day and wanb $4.50 and no
losb time.
W.H. Hillisof Cleveland, Ohio,* in
company with H. A. Wright of this
place held four meetings in this vicinity last Sunday in the instrests of
Sunday school work.
Mr. James W. Utley and wife of
Farwell were callers at Henry Homing's Monday. Mrs. Utley will spend
a few weeks with Mrs. Horning before
returning to her home.
Miss Sarah Mcintosh returned Monday from a visib ab various places in
Ohio. She visited her brother, Wm.,
at Lorain, who returned with her to
spend the summer here.
The 28x80 ft. feed barn being erected
on south Main street by O. B. Thayer
is being pushed to completion and we
are informed will be used as a dance
hall the week of reunion.
Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Olds, Mrs.
Charles Ackerman, senior and junior,
Mrs. Herbert Allen and Mr. and Mrs.
E. B, Hornung took in the Niagara
Falls excursion yesterday.
The Gladwin Enterprise makes a
touching appeal to its readers in last
week's issue, plainly sbating bhab unless bhe people come bo its rescue,
financially, it will be discontinued.
Miss Bessie May Orb lasb Friday
afbernoon enberbained a parby of her
little friends at hfer pleasant home on
east Sixth street, Refreshments were
served and the little ones had a highly
enjoyable time.
Mrs. Lucy Pratt vislbed at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Mclntyre over
Sunday. Monday she wenb to Farwell
for a visit wibh her sister, Mrs. Chan.
Breed, before returning to her home
in Ingham county.
John Kelley, wife and daughter of
Gibson ville, Ohio, and niece, Mrs. Ida
Stiffler of Rocky Ridge, Ohio, are taking a summer vacation and are visiting at the home of the former's brother's, Peter Kelley, of this city,
miss Minnie Presley reburned Saturday from a two weeks' visit with her
cousins at Traverse' City, and miss
Nellie Presley, who accompained her,
returned Tuesday. Both are in attendance at the teachers institute.   ,
Mr. and Mrs, Charles Thurston of
Norbhville, arrived in Clare Monday
eyening for a visit ab bhe home of his
parenbs, Mr. and Mrs. A. Thursbon.
Charles formerly lived ab Clare bub
is now running a barber shop ab that
place.
On the occurrence of his tenth
birthday Floyd Kirkpatrick gave a
party Monday afternoon to several of
his young friends. Ice cream and cake
were served, and those in attendance,
having had an enjoyable time, rehired
wishing Floyd many as happy birthdays.
Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Hodicinson returned to their Buffalo home Monday
after a week's visit ab the home of his
parents in Vernon,   For fifbeen years
Mr. Hodkinson has been cashier in bhe
freighb office of the Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern railroad ab that
Dlace.
R. M. Mussell returned Saturday
from a ten days' oubjng, having baken
in bhe sighbs at Niagara, Cincinnati,
and spenb some bime at various places
in Indiana. He broughb wibhhim bwo
fine specimens of gold fish which may
be seen in the show window at his
drug store.
Mrs. A. W. Nowlen and son, Emery,
of Dearborn, Michigan, arrived Saturday for a two weeks' visit at the home
of Mr, and Mrs. H. T. Nowlen. Mrs.
Nowlen's sister, Mrs. Frank Artley
and children of Carloton. on their way
to their future home in Gladstone, are
also visiting here.
A coal meeting was held ab the
Coomer school house July 5 to secure
signers to lease land to a bona Udc
coal mining company. Two thousand
acres are pledged for this purpose.
The company must get into active operation on the land within six months
and begin producing coal. A money
royalty of not less than five and one-
half cents a ton.—Tribune.
A local paper published a long obituary of a. man who had died in the
community, closing with the statement that a "longprocession of. people
followed the remains to their last
roasting place." The family read the
notice and discovered the supposed
error, and asked the editor to make
the correction in the word "roasting"
bub he said he could nob do ib until
the seven years' subscription that the
deceased owed had been paid.
Having lost all his household goods,
books, clothing, etc., in the fire Tuesday evening, Dr. Gray is greatly in
need of money to replace same, and he
asks all those owing him to call at
once and settle all outstanding accounts. Now if you, who are reading
this notice, owe the doctor, pay him ab
once even tho you have to borrow the
money. None bub those who have
been burned out know the trying position in which the doctor is at present
placed.
The recent legislature passed a bill
which is of interest bo owners of dogs,
and especially bo bhose who are wont
to evade paying baxes on these animals. It is now the duty of the township board to appoint a dog warden
who collects the tax. The dogs,
whose owners refuse to pay the tax,
are killed, for which seryice the warden receives seventy-five cents. He
also gets twenty-five cents out of each
dollar collected. Every dog musb
wear a collar wibh a numbered tag
abtached, showing bhat the tax has
been paid.
You can't down a husbler of business. He is making hay while bhe
slow method fellow is asleep. The
map who goes after business has a
good word for his competitor, and for
his town, is a winner, and you can't
down him. You imy make faces at
him, tell him he does not understand
his business, and place obstructions in
his way, but he goes right along doing
business while you are growing gray
in attempting to "do" him. The
more you trv to bother him and check
his career the harder he hustles aud
the faster he gathers the coin.—Ex.
The play, Tony the Convict, which
was put on by home talent Friday
evening was well rendered to a fair
sized audience, TheKirkbride orchestra, which has not appeard for some
time, was present and dispersed music
much to the enjoyment of those present. One special feature of the evening's entertainment was an exhibition
given by Mr. Wm. Hirzel on his bicycle. The proceeds amounted to some
$20, which was donated to Elmer Doyl
to enable him bo go to Roswell, New
Mexico, whither he went on the evening brain Monday, hoping thab the
change of climate may restore him to
health. As Mr. Doyl is entirely unable to work, he will be supported
from Clare, and another play will
doubtless be put on at no distant
date.
Ye Sentinel scribe, while driving
thru Arthur township the first of the
week, was mosb pleasantly entertained
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. W.
Sunday. Mr. Sunday is one of the
progressive farmers of the township,
his worth "having been appreciated to
the extent that he has held the
highest executive office of the town,
and school district in which he lives.
Farmers as'a class have an excellent
opportunity to become shrewd business men, and* are learning that
their annuities.are increased in proportion as they combine^ both brain
and brawn. Like all lines of work,
farming has its' unpleasantness, but
Mr, Sunday is one who is making a success at farming and at the
same time getbing all bhe enjoyment
that goes along with rural life,
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Offers an exceptional opportunity-
purchasing Seasonable Goods at
markably low prices*
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White pique dress skirts
lar 1.00 values
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Dress skirts of   cadet  blue co
vert,
rows
for   1.
trimmed  with three
white
25   at
braid,  sold
GRASH SKIRTS, trimmed
around the bottom with 3
rows pique reduced to
79c.
89c.
50c.
BROCADE WORSTED skirts
in colors, special bargain at 75c.
SHIRT WAISTS
At reduced prices
any 1.50 waist
Your choice of
for
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Your choice of
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any 1.00 waist
any 50c-  waist
Your choice
for
of any 39c. waist
1.19
75c.
39c.
25c.
Ladies' lisle thread Jersey vests
worth 25c at
I9c.
Ej White Dress Goods
•B   Three big bargains in fancy stripe
r= 8c, 10c, and 15c.
FANCY PARASOLS
Several   choice  styles   marked   at
temptingly lpw prices to close them out
White silk parasols worth 1.00
at ... 89c.
White ruffled   parasols worth
2.25 at       . . .  1.75
White and plaid parasols
trimmed with wide silk
net,  former price   3.50 ai 2.50
WASH GOODS
Two special lots at greatly reduced
prices.
Lot 1, containing fine ginghams,
and silk stripe novelties
that sold as high as 25c now   19c.
Lot 2, containing lawns, dimities
organdies, madras cloths
etc. that sold as high as 18c
per yard at . . 12ic,    _£?
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Tan Shoe Special =3F
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Ladies' tan shoes, vesting tops ^g~
fancy scroll quarters former rjs
price 2.50 at              .             2,00 _£
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HATS =§:
Men's 50c straw and crash hats 38c,    ESr»
Men's 25c     "       "       "       "     18c.    =|r
Rug Special EJ
Large   Smyrna   rugs  28x38 3r
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CLARE   THE   SCENE   OF   SOME
DESTRUCTIVE FIRES
the Althouse Factory a Twenty-
Tousand Dollar Loss.
Aboub 5:30 o'clock Saburday morning fire was discovered in bhe 0. W.
Althouse stave and heading factory"
and before Old Sol had risen much
higher the entire main building and
dry kilns were burned to the ground,
the office and power house being saved
wibh scarcely any damage.
Jusb how the fire originated we
have been unable to ascertain, tho
several conjectures have been made.
Ib is known that several people living
near the factory have habitually gone
there between five and six o'clock
mornings for the purpose of laying in
a days' supply of wood, and as the flre
originated about where this wood is
found it is thot that a spark from a
pipe might have done the damage.
Two night watches were at the factory
but they seem to know nothing of how
the flre originated. When the discovery was made the flames had gained
such headway thatto saye bhe main
building was utterly impossible, so
the firemen concenbrabed t'neir efforts
upon saving the office and power
house. When hose was first laid the
pressure on the pipes was not sufficient to throw much of a stream, but
ere many minutes thr-*e streams were
wt* 11-directed
was saved that might also have
burned before less skillful firemen.
The loss is placed at $20,000 with insurance to cover about half that
amount. The railroad company also
suffered the loss of three box cars
which stood on the side track near the
mill.
Mr. C. W. Althouse arrived in the
city Saturday evening and as soon as
the insurance was adjusted, commenced getting material on the
ground fer another building which
will be aboub 45x65fb—-nob so large as
the one burned—and by one week,
from now he expects to have the factory in operation. The dry kilns will
probably not be rebuilt. It is to be
regretted thab the dry kilns were destroyed for in them lay much of the
cosb of the plant, and had. they been
saved Mr. Althouse would have rebuilt permanently,
In and around the factory worked
aboub seventy five .men, representing
in tbe neiggborhood of forty families,
and Olare can ill afford to lose an industry of this magnitude. The wages
of the erftire force amounted to something like $500 a week, most of which
was left in thecity, and this cut off
will make a greab difference in business. Ibis to be hoped that in the
near future the owner of the plant can
see his way clear to rebuild bhe kilns
thus making the factory a permanent
industry,
JACKSON'S MEAT MARKET.
Monday afbernoon fire was discovered
in fronb of J.A.Jackson's meat markeb.
The awning was burned so as to be
eS^f^hVtire1 deL the building
damaged by the flre, which was extlai-
guished however by a few pails water-
Just how it caught is not known.
DE. R. A. GRAY'S RESIDENCE.
At about 12:30 a,  m. Tuesday   t&e-
flre alarm sounded and this  time ifc-
was found that the residence of Br.
Gray.known as the German parsonage-
was on fire.   Mrs. Gray and Frank feeing _way from home, and the doctarr
having been called out to Tonkin, so.
one but Harry was at home.    In t_e-
evening, as the mosquitoes were ua-
commonlv   troublesome,  he made *£...
smudge, using an old pail which was •
placed on the walk, leading from the-
street.     Feeling    that    there   was-
no danger, Harry retired, bhi_ki_£ifc
unnecessary to remove the pail.   Tfce-
walk caught fire and from this fclie-
stoop, and before any one knew of itr.
the wing parb of the building  was-
ablaze.   Harry was awakened by tlie
smoke and escaped thru  the flames,
his   right hand  being  quite badly
burned,   Nothing of the contents was-
saved and the building burned to the-
ground.   The doctor carried no insuc-—
ance on the contents, tho the buildiugr
was insured.   Again, here, we wish-to-
empatically impress upon the minds,
of those who are indebted to the doctor to call on him at once and pay up.?..
thab he may re-establish his hoiae-
For sale, 160 acres of timber la_<_u
South-west quarter of section 32, iie,
town 20 Inorth, range 6 wesb, town oi'
Winberfleld, Clare county, Michigan,-..
L, E. WooPArp, Owosso, Mich, ,
Onesix-year-old horse for sale clK-ats-'.
Weight. 1200 lbs.   ForfUrtlicr advice
call and see Chas. W. Calkins..     36r3-'
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