1896-03-06; Clare Sentinel and the Democrat-Press

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CLARE, MICH., FRIDAY, MARCH 6th, 1896.
New Series:   Vol. 4, _To. 15
LOCAL LORE.
'T_e Happenings About Town During
Past Weelc.
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Fred Irwin is quite sick.
Now look for the fkst robin.
C. H. O'Donald spent Sunday in Reed
City.
Last Sunday was the first 'day of
spring.
Charley Chase off -Marion, -was in
town Wednesday.
Mrs. A. E. MayjMtTd visited relatives
in Coleman, Wsd_esday.
Fresh baked .goods, all kinds and
first class, at Van Brunt and Son's. t_|
Dan Mater has the 'frame up for a
dwelling foouse sear Ms imill on west
6th street.
We have a verjr interesting letter in
our Farr-aers1 column -this week from
•'Horse Sense."
Mrs. Geo. Gardner and nephew of
Evart in visiti„g au the home of Capt.
Gardner io this eitv,
John Bouchey of Yernon is the
proud father -of .a baby girl, born
Thursday, February 27th.        ,
The Free Methodists will hold a
quarterly meeting in Clare next week,
March 1-3—Is All are invited to at-,
tend.
List of letters •remaining uncalled
for in the Olaaiepost'Office for the week
ending Saturday, February 29: Emanuel Majer, M&bel Br-ien.
A supper was given last Friday evening at the home of Herman Langeon
west State street for the benefit of the
German-Lutheran .church.
•J. Renties, the baker at Yan Brunt
& Son's has mvoed ihis family and
household goods here from Bay City.
They occupy the Calkins' cottage on
5th street.
Ed. Axford retw_ed, Wednesday,
frbm Yuma -with -two badly scalded
feet, which he received while working
there, by accidentally stepping into
burning lime. He will be laid up for
si'ver-;l weeks.
. Gladwin: The boiy of Henry Lange,
a prominent young business man, was
found ip the ice hoaase-behind the store
Tuesday night, shot through
heart. A large revolver lay near by,
which he bought but a short time before.
Rev. Delwin of Farwell, Rev. Staple-
ton of Harrison-/__d Rev. Long of
this city met at this place, Monday,
and arranged for the meeting of North
Central Association of-Congregational
churches..which willbe held in Clare,
April 9th.
The many friends of Mr. and Mrs,
George Ghanaian<w\ll regret to.learn
that they are soon to move from here
to Owosso,, wheie Mr. Chapman will
have the responsible position of floorwalker in a large dry goods house there
which employs about 35 salesmen.
W. A. Thompsonof Dover, will next
week go to Yellow Springs, Ohio, the
vicinity of his boyhood home. Mr.
Thompson expects to remain there
a year. Mr. Thompson is from the
same locality from whence came Hon.
Wm. McKinley, the ©ext president,
Hon. Roswell, G. Horr, and ex-President Garfield and other illustrious men.
The meeting of the Ladies' Union
last week at Mrs. Olds' was a very enjoyable one and all were kept busy.
Everybody is invited to the annual
' meeting Friday, March 13, afternoon
and evening, at the Cong*1! church. A
10c supper will be served in the chapel
and a musical given in the church.
Those bringing amount of pennies
equal to their years will have supper
free.1
We refer the consideration of the
following lines to the Reading Circle
and urge them to place on record their
opinion as to whether Shakespeare, in
this allusion to "attire" and "pants,"
really did foreshadow the Bicycle Girl.
We imagine from the fervur of the
language that we see the poet glowing
with unbounded admiration as he
gazes rapturously on the bloomer-clad
:sylph.
Antony tb Cleopatra *
O thou day of the world I
* * *   Leap thou, attire and all,     "
Through proof of harness to my heart
and there
Ride on the pants triumphant!
The Ladies' Union of the Congregational church will hold its annual
meeting Friday, March 13, at the
church and chapel and will proceed on
a somewhat novel plan—it will be a
birthday reception. Invitations will
be sent to all members of the church,
society and congregation; a general invitation is extended to all. The. following explains;
This "birthday party is given for you,
"lis. somewhat novel, 'tis something new,
We send you each a nice silk sack,
Please either send or Bring it Back
With as many cents as years you're old.
We promise the number shall ne'er he told.
Kind friends *wiU give you something to eat
And others win. furnish a musical treat.
"The Ladies' Union" with greetings hearty,
"Feel sure ypu'll attend this birthday party.
cheapest place   in
shoes is Tatman's
Remember the
Clare for No. 1
cash store.
Mrs. Jas. Duncan of Yernon, who
has been very ill for some time, is reported worse.
Mrs. Jos. Adams has been very sick
for two or three weeks past at the
home of her -daughter, Mrs. Knox, at
Mt. Pleasant.
A box social will be given at J. H.
Seeley's, on Wednesday evening, Mar.
llth, for the benefit of the Union Sunday School. Everybody come, 25 cents
a box.
What a pitv that a piece of cold iron
—cold enough to freeze—cannot be
brought into contact with every human
tongue used to blacken an innocent
person's character.
The Catholic society of obis city
have purchased about six lots in the
Lamb addition on east State street, and
some time in the future expect to erect
a fine church thereon.
B. F, Kramer was here last week to
settle his divorce case commenced in
South Dakota. It was settled by Mr.
Kramer-deeding the house and two
lots in Clare to Mrs. Kramer on condition that she withdraw in the contest.
There will be held Tuesday afternoon, at the Bo wen factory building.
Lansing Siding, a meeting for the
purpose -of considering the starting
and maintaining a cheese factory. All
who are -interested are urged to attend.
The meeting of the Eastern Star order last Monday evening was well attended and i good time enjoyed. Mrs.
Wm. Turbush from out of town was
present. There will be a special meeting for initiations next Monday evening, March 9th.   All be present.
In the near future there will be a
Children's Contest in speaking and
singing—three-rewards foi* each. All*,
children who will select" their own
piece and prepare themselves to speak
or sing—hand their names to their
teacher or to Mrs. Kramer and your
names will appear on the program.
The -report that a comet, which is
th^fS't present rushing along from the
depth of space toward this inoffensive
earth we inhabit, at the rate of a million miles or less per minute, will
strike us afeout- the 14th of March, has
no effect in this locality -save to weaken
the value -of firewood and to slightly
increase the prayer meetings.
The state will put a stop to the
practice of buying its land, paying a
small amount in. cash then cutting the
timber from it and allowing the land
to revert to the state. Hereafter one-
fourth of the purchase price will be
required at the time of sale on lands
not especially valuable for timber,
while all timber lands must be wholly
paid for before. any timber can be
taken from them.
Last Sunday afternoon at about five
o'clock, the fire department was called
out to suppress a fire whieh started on
the roof ot the building occupied by
Mrs. Brownell, on south Main street.'
The fire caught from a spark from a
low chimney and was put out with a
few pails of water. Everybody seemed
to be disappointed at turning out on
such a cold day and not be rewarded
by seeing a larger and more exciting
blaze. But such are our desires and
ways of the world.
Clare Masons indulged last Tuesday
evening in what all who were present
pronounce one of the finest meetings
ever held by the fraternity in this city.
Yisitors were present from Toledo-,
Bay City, Coleman. Saginaw, Midland
and Loomis, The work of the M. M.
degree was exemplified, there being
two candidates for that degree. Of
course this prolonged the exercises
somewhat but all seemed to have their
staying qualities with them and no
one regretted remaining to the finish.
A lunch was served after the lodge
closed.
A story entitled,!' Two Frogs. "—For
the sake of the story, we will have to
name them. One we will call the Clare
frog, and the other the Harrison frog".
These two frogs were rivals but one
day they met and started out for a
walk and to have a friendly chat.
As they were, strolling around, they
came to -some milk cans. The Clare
frog, thinking to better himself, selected a can and jumped in. The Harrison frog, not wishing to be outdone,
selected another, and he, too, jumped
in. In a short time the Harrison frog
began to cry: "I am drowning, drowning." The Clare frog cried to him to
'".Hustle, hustle." In a short time the
milkman came and found the Harrison frog drowned and sinking; while
the Clare frog was feasting on a roll of
butter that he had formed while hustling, hustling. „ Moral—Hustle.
meal
3c.
fb at Tatman's cash
Oat
store.
E-.D. Alger, who is teaching in Greenwood, spent Sunday in Clare.
J. H. Wilson, the tailor, tvas doing
business in Beaverton, Saturday and
Monday.
Mr. L. Hirsh, of Saginaw, was the
guest of Mr. and Mrs.Wolsky, in Clare,
over Sunday.
The King's Daughters will meet at
Mrs. McKinnon's on Thursday afternoon, March 12th.
Mrs. G. A. Graves has been in Grand
Rapids this week- attending spring
millinery openings,
The Willing Workers will meet next
Wednesday afternoon with Mrs.
Decker. All members please be present.
There will be a 10c supper at Miss
Ella Harris' on March 13th, for benefit of 1st Baptist church. Supper
served from 5 to 8 p. m.
Attorney-General Maynard has decided that the anti-fusion law applies
to village, township and city elections.
Nc candidate can therefore be nominated on more than one ticket.'
Mr. and Mrs. Rentjes rejoice in the
birth of a daughter, which arrived at
their home last Tuesday morning. Mr.
Rentjes is the baker at Yan Brunt &
Son's who moved here a few days ago
from Bay City.
Neat cards ;ire out for a masquerade
dance to be given at Doherty opera
house on St. Pai rick's day, Tuesday,
March 17th. Johnson, Bump and
Schoonover are The proprietors. Dance
for the evening, 50 cents ; supper
extra.
Missaukee Republican : Yol. 1, No.
1, of Clare's third paper, the Reporter,,
has been launched. The town now
has three papers where there is a field
for but one. In newspapers, as in a
second marriage, you frequently see
a triumph of hope over experience.
Mt. Pleasant Democrat: The young"
people of Clare are thinking of giving
a large dance in that place in the near
future, and Inviting the young people
of this city. There is no doubt that
they would get a large crowed from,
here, as several have expressed their
intention df attending if the project is
carried into execution, \
A number of our readers will probably remember John Kelly of Ohio,
who a couple of years ago made an extended visit to his brother,Peter Kelly,
of this city. One night last week near
hishomein Ohio, he was boldly held
up while driving by two men and terribly pounded and beatep, cut and
bruised. They were probably after
money. Mr. Kelly will be laid up some
time.
The township of Yernon held a township spelling match laso Saturday at
the brick school house, three miles
south. There were three srjellejs
chosen from each school. Lena North-
on, May Tetrault and Mable O'Brien
coming off victorious at this, the township contest, and will be the ones from
Yernon to the county contest. After
the contest, teachers, pupils and visitors spelled, Elma Willie, teacher in
the Wilson, and Edna Seeley spelling
the whole lot down, both going down
on the same word.
A fire which consumed almost the
whole of the earthly possessions of
Lorenzo Langwothy of • Sheridan,
broke ont Monday afternoon. House,
barn, ?ranery and other buildings
caught and rapidly burned to the
ground only one bed and a very few
other articles being saved. The fire is
said to have originated from a spark
from a pipe. There was no insurance
on the property. The only one at home
at the time was Mrs. Langworthy.
OrvisPenroses'house caught fire also
on same, dav, but was put out before
much damage was done.
Regular meeting of common council
last Monday evening. The business
consisted of allowing a few accounts,
discussing the matter of the high assessment of the Clare electric light
plant, appointing election commissioners and selecting voting place in each
ward for the coming election. J. C.
Rockafellow, M. D. Davis and C. H.
Fishley were appointed election commissioners. In regard to the matter
of the assessment of the Clare Electric
Light plant, the supervisor from the
first, M. D. Davis, assessed the plant
at $1,500 more than it cost when completed. The assessment is to be made
we understand, as on the second Monday of April, which last year fell on
8th of the month, and the material for
the electric light plant did not reach
Clare un blithe 14th of that month.
Another point is that the company
ought not to have to pay ta,xes on material, which it can be jprpyen is assessed in the neighborhood pf $1,500
more than actual cost thereof.
Fancy No. 1 lemons 15c. per dozen *at
Tatman's cash store.
A. J. Doherty departed, Wednesday,
on a business trip to several points in
the west.
The Other Aid society will meet at
the home of Mrs. H. Allen, Wednesday
March llth.
A, E. Mack has been laid tip the
past couple of weeks with inflammatory rheumatism.
The new bridge across the Tobacco
river on the Dover road has been completed all but the approaches.
Dr. Witherspoon has sold out his
drug stock to Dr Thomas of Marion
Dr. Witherspoon will still remain in
Clare and continue the practice of
medicine.
Do not imagine that every man you
meet with a long face is keeping lent.
Some of them have notes to meet, new
twins at home, or other reasons for
looking solemn.
Osceola Outline: It is said that some
large property owners in Clare county
propose a plan for dividing that
county and attaching the territory to
Osceola, Roscommon and Isabella.
We think Clare county is too full of
life and pluck to pass the "great divide'" just yet.
The editor (?) of the Clare Courier
tried to be a little funny in his 200-cir-
culation-half-sized-borrowed-paperlast
week by telling of a joke (?) which, he
says, had been perpetrated upon the
Se"n_:ds[_l man in his ignorance. What
probably galls the Courier is the fact
that the Seotinel got a scoop on
him on the article. The following
from the Gladwin Record contains
statements which show that the Sentinel was right :..*** "The trade of
\these' towns (Franklin, Hamilton,
Arthur and Sheridan) now largely
comes to Gladwin, and every effort
should be made to retain it. It is
yery important that good roads be
built from this city in a westerly direction. The addition of these towns
would reduce the county tax rate. * *
* * Supervisor Boulter of Hamilton
township, is hustling with a view of
-opening a direct road between Harnil-t
ton and Glare, which would bring
Clare within ibhe same distance of
Hamilton as Gladwin, and divert the
trade which now comes to Gladwin to
Clare."   .
Mrs. E. L. Baker died at her home
in West Grant at 2:30 a.m. Saturday.
Deceased during the past year.has
passed through terrible sufferings
with great fortitude and Christian
resignation. The immediate cause of
death was cancer. About a year ago
she was taken to Battle Creek for
treatment and was there informed
that her case was hopeless. She wa s
born at Stockbridge. Mass., May 20th,
1848. Her maiden name was Julia
Dowd. She came with her parents to
Hadley, Lapeer county, in 1855, and in
1883 was married to Edward L. Baker,
member of G.A.R. They afterwards
moved to Grant township, Clare co.,
where they have made many friends
during the seven years they have resided in that place. She leaves a husband, E. L. Baker ; a brother, ,S. P.
Dowd of Hinkleville ; a neice, Mrs.
James Lowery; and ,a nephew, Buf us
Dowd. On Tuesday a large number of
neighbors and friends gathered at the
house to take a last farewell. The
funeral was in charge of the Relief
Corps and the Ladies'(No.l8)and Men's
(No. 181) Orange Lodges of Clare. Service was conducted in the M.E. church
by the Rev. A. H. Coors, at 2:30 on
Tuesday, the Rev. gentleman giving an
eloquent address pointing toward salvation in death through Christ. The
service was well attended. At its conclusion the remains were taken to the
F. & P.M. depot and placed aboard
the 3:50 east bound train. She was
buried in Hadley cemetery beside her
parents. Mrs. Baker had the unremitted care of her neice, Mrs. James
Lowery, and also that of many others.
She is sincerely mourned by all who
knew her.
Special Notice to Masons.
The Eastern Star extend a special
invitation to all Masons, their wives
and friends to meet with them at the
Masonic hall, Wednesday evening,
March 18th, to attend a social and musical entertainment; also, they propose having a fishing pond which
promises to be rich in valuable articles
for the home. Youtmay be the lucky
one in securing the prize. A general
admission of 10c will be» charged and
those wishing supper, 15c extra. Come
expecting to enjoy a pleasant evening
and you will not be disappointed. The
proceeds of the evening to apply on the
Zenobia Chapter, Order Eastern Star,
organ fund.
DAVY &  CO.
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ALL   WOOL,
REGULAR SIZES. FULL CUT,
PRICE
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DOUBLE   SEATS,
ELASTIC   WAIST   BANDS,
HOLD   FAST   BUTTONS,
WARRANTED NOT TO RIP,
PERFECT   FITTING.
New Brick Store,
Clare, Mich.
BAKERY
A competent man is*in charge of
our Bakery department ah(l we
have the .finest Confectioneries
in the City.
Fresh Glnoer§
5 cerjts Pep PoUi)d.
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GROCERIES.
We carry a full line of choice
Groceries and Provisions,
SHOES.
We have a few Shoes left which
we are closing out at a great
sacrifice.
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Van prUNt & son
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