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VOL. IX.
CLARE, MICH., FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1886.
NO. 10.
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NUBS    OF"   NEWS.
Billy Salisbury is barbering in- Ashland, Wisconsin.
Mrs. A. Kane and children are visiting
friends in Saginaw.
Supts. Evans, Brawn and Newth held
their monthly meeting in Olare on Tuesday.
L. T. Olds returned home Tuesday,
Having been successful in his search for
the evidence required to perfect his claim
to a pension. '
Wm. Wolsky presides over the cash
box in the bank during Cashier Sutherland's absence.
a EfEITffl MY.
Clare's Celebration  on  the Third
of July Full of Fun, Excite-'
•   ment   and    Danger.
The hose companies -will make another
run next Monday and No. 2 promises to
"win sure this time. No. 1 is just as confident of another victory.
Nev/ton Boot has been over seeing the
folks in Clare this week. Horning &
Root's mill in Deerfield shut down for
five days to give tho boys a chance to celebrate.
Mr. and Mrs C. H. Sutherland started
for Kansas Tuesday morning. They will
remain in the west for throe or four weeks
and Mr. Sutherlsnd will go to tho mountains in Colorado before his return.'
Commander Shaver and Comrade L. O.
Burnham who went down to East Saginaw Monday to watch the veterans march
and drill, say that Hancock Post acted
wisely in voting not to participate in the
demonstration. It was a severe strain
upon the men's powers of endurance to
stay in the ranks for three hours under
a boiling sun. Bradley Post of Harrison
fell out early in the march.
FIREWOEKS EXPLODE ALL AT ONCE.
Happily 3STo Serious Injury Resulted from the Unfortunate
Accident.
JBtenry Schilling captured the purses
offeree! for in on oyer-50 years old.
Mr. Dunnigan started:-in tho race but
finding his competitors too fleet of
foot for him Pulled qfdt.   The potato
memoered by all who celebrated
blare.
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,03-DrawiHE Room  Cars on Day Trains, New
Sleeping Cars on Night Trains between Saginaw
Detroit and Toledo.
>0S?~Ofnccs at Toledo in Union Depot and the
Boody House; at Detroit in Depotfoot of ThirdSt.,
Jefferson Avenue.
RATES AS LOW AS THE LOWEST
SAKFono Keblbr, Supt.
D. Ebwahds.   MA'GR
ATTORNEYS.
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W. PERRY,
ATTORNEY at LAW,
Ofpicb Ovbr Gidbrson's Storb
CLARE,       -      -       MICH.
WH £A T0K.E. D.,
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Office  in Dunlof's Brick Block, up Stairs.
 CLARE, MICH.	
•W   H.BROWNE,
LAWYER,
HARRISON,     -
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W. GREEN,
ATTORNEY AT   LAW
HARRISON,     -      -     MICH.
"CVLOYD L. POST,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY,
and REAL ESTATE AGENT
COLEMAN,      -      -      MICH.
mar 82-iy
JJAINTING, PAPERING, &e.
JAMES L. WELCH,
Will  promptly fill   all orders for
Painting,     Paper-Hanging,
Kalsomining, Etc.
DECORATING A  SPECIALTY.
Charges Reasonable.
JHfaTLeave orders  at Goodman &
Go's hardware and paint store.
A TTENTION FARMERS. '
ED. UNICUME, CLARE,
Manufacturer of
Marcy's Patent Tubular  Wells.
This  is  the well for camps, mills,
and farms.    It never fails.
I am also contractor
 for	
GRADING    LUMBER     RAILROADS,
Correspondence rSoIIcited.  5.21
/"CONVEYANCING,
ETC.
D. E. ALWARD,
Notary   & Justice of the Peace,
Stress Office, Clare, JEKicli.
Tlie people of Clare awoke early
on the morning of the   Third   nnd
they were   kept  awake  until  late
at night.   The celebration   bid  fair
to be tame indeed,  it  having been
found necessary at the last moment
on account of the non-arrival  of the
Orator of the day, to  abandon   the
usual morning exercises, and   much
disappointment found expr cssion at
the  change  of   program.     People
from outside did not come into town
as early as   usual   but    by  eleven
o'clock there was a  large  crowd  of
people io the village and   the  number of visitors continued to  increase
all day.   It was estimated   by  competent persons that there were more
people in Clare in the afternoon   and
evening of Saturday   than   on   any
previous day in tits history,  though
the wide sidewalks permitted  the
crowd to scatter more than formerly
and thus the streets did not have -the
appearance to the casual observer  of
being as well filled aa on former  occasions -when Clare has had a   superabundance of patriotism to dispose
of.
Hancock Post G. A. R., with the
Clare cornet band, paraded the streets
and entertained the people until dinner time, after which the day's sports
commenced. From early morning
however (he dancing boweries, had
bj&n^oj-djn^hjgn^^
to*Mt)$4rrtt» swIng^tRelfiseTves and
each qther to the strains of orchestral
music and revel in pleasure and perspiration at 10 cents a revel. Plenty
of people took advantage of these
chances to go through the sweating
process, which continued with such
regularity that at night the proprietors of the boweries and of the lemonade and ice cream stauds, gleefully
counted the financial returns. Not a
man found refuge in the municipal
refrigerator, there being but little intoxication visible to the naked eye,
and none of the noisy kind that required more than a word from" the
poiice to silence.
Atone o'clock the hose companies
came out and exposed their manly
beauty and their carte to the tender
gaze of the multitude. Johnny Ror-
ison foreman of No, 1, beamed with
pride upon the. admiring throng and
winked a significant wink which
boded ill for his competitors in the
coming contest. .Dr. Todd officiated
as commander-in-chief of No. 2, and
there was reason for the quaking fear
of the other company when they looked upon the handsome, sturdy, fellows who manned the ropes. The
run was 60 rods, one„company coupling to the 4th street and the other to
the 5th street hydrant, and each laying 200 feet of hose. The crowd
evinced much interest in the race
and encouraged the boys as they came
panting down the street, their eyes
bunged out and their knees ready to
bung in, and the firemen did then-
best to make it interesting. No. 2
was the first to.layjjthe hose but they
signaled for water too soon, and No.
1, which had not made a wrong
move, threw a stream into the air
while the others wero vainly striving to screw on the nozzle. An interesting feature of the race was the
signal from the "mocking bird,"
whose screechings were worse than
the howlings of a Mt, Pleasant bummer on a big drunk, and the visitors
who had never before heard it were
startled by the awful sound. There
was no extra charge for having this
musicial solo on the program, and it
was enjoyed by all.
Messrs. Eberhart and Rhodes won
the prizes in the free-for-all foot race,
Arthur Pratt and Tessie Louch securing first and second money in the
boys'race, and H. O. Squire and
race prizes went to? .John Blair of
Hatton, and Eber^rt of Grant.
Edgar Welch whohgd finished ahead
of all.others but wait ruled out for
loavinjj a poor littler-potato all alone
in the sand, was alsKiawarded a prize
for his big effort **6J win. Floyd
Doherty, 9 years olitwon the 10-year-
old foot race, with iVihie Lambeck
second. There wife three starters
in the wheelbarrow jjfaco, John Blair
being the favorite. |'H"o missed his
bearings however apd brought up
against the sidewali aud capsized,
Eberhart won and 4jporge Sexsmith
was second. Jimm^ |>augherty got
a dollar for beating'-Aleck Fick in
the foot race for /i^year-olds, and
Aleck reecived.iifty|c$nts for getting
beat. . *.',£'-■'
Then all hands elibled to the south
and congregated oa^he bauks of the
raging Tobacco t»s^itiess the antics
of those who slid oft^fiom the greased
plank into tho watei.  There were a
technics anc
half dozen slippery '-youngster* and
an immense amount^of fun for the
crowd. Every contaslaufc got a dlicking but Lew Eberhart took tho prize
to pay for his bath. Alward thought
he was considerable of a jumper but
Mr. vVillie beat him easy enough and
captured first prize.; Rob Mussel 1
and Jim Bellinger won first and
second money respectively, throwing
the shoulder stone.' •"
Thus was the" affcqroooa occupied
in celebrating the1 anniversary j>if
Anietican independence, and thepian
was to end with a jBne display of
fireworks in the ,evening. For this
purpose the committee, had purchased several boxes of- beauttfuL._nKi:or
^_ intersection
of Main^ and JpiiftfsfSaets, and on this
stand all the firewor* save one large
motto piece, were pllajed. Mesrs. A.'
J. Doherty, Geo. Da'wson, J. F. Tat-
man and A. At Shaver were in
charge of the arrangements and they
took precautions against accidents,
covering the pieces not in use with
oil cloth. A large dry goods box
was on tlie platform and in it were
placed the rockets, pointing downward. To this fact may be attributed the fortunate escape of many persons from serious if not fatal injuries.
A few candles had been burned and
then Mr. Shaver touched off a rocket. No sooner was the piece fairly
lighted than the shooting sparks
found their way underneath the boxes and in an instant the platform was
a sneetof flame. The gentlemen on
the stand hurriedly left it, Mr. Tat-
man jumping to the ground and sustaining slight injuries to one of his
legs. Mr. Doherty jumping, struck a
step ladder, and was thrown violently to the ground, but escaped with
slight bruises.' The other men got to
the ground safely. Meanwhile the
great crowd surged back from the
stand and sought shelter, Mrs. Jane
Cook and Mrs. J. Schilling being
thrown down and stepped upon but
not seriously hurt. Could the people
have known that there would no human injury result from the accident,
they would have enjoyed tho grand
sight much better. Exploding mines
of colored fire, can dies in profusion,
bursting bombs, Hhooting rockets—
the whole made a spectacle beautiful
to behold. To add to the excitement
a cry of fire was given and -the horrible howling of ihe "mocking bird"
again called the department into action. Both companies promptly responded but their services were not
needed, beyond drenching the burning fire works with water. The
magnificent motto "July 4th" which
would have come two hours latter
but for the unfortunate burning of
the whole display, was now brought
out and lighted. It was a fine piece
and admired by all,
Thus ended the exercises, "except
that the lovers of Terpsichhre continued to "trip the light fantastic toe"
until admanished by. the advent of
the Sabbath that the day they celebrated had come to an end. It had
been an eventful day, long to be f e-
POINTEHS.
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Young Eberhart won throe first*
prizes.
Harry Webb fell down and sprained his wrist badly."
A Harrison woman was drnnk on
the streets of Clare.
Halton was out in full force to attend the Claro celebration.
The antics on tke greased plank
afforded much amusement for "the
crowd at the creek.
The officers had but little work to
do. There were few cases of drunkenness,and no  rows.
Both companies and Alward with
a coil of rope were promptly qri hand
when the fire- alarm sounded in tbe
evening.
It seems almost a miracle that no
one was hurt in the stampede which
followed the explosion on the fireworks stand.
Dave Fox says that at the' finish of
the race the hose cart weighed 1486
tons, and he is willing to swear to
the assertion on a stack of almanacs.
The hose contest has engendered a
sharp rivalry between the two companies and a thorough organization
with spirited contests for the broom
will probably result. This will in-
surp good discipline and better work,
in the fire department.
An incident not foreshadowed by
the published program, attracted the
attention of a number of persons on
Main street and caused much merriment. A Grant township farmer
:^iq0is been separated from his
wWfor some time, met her in front
of Trevidick's* store and the two s|t
down to talk over their different
The old man pleaded with  the per*!
A CLEANING OUT.
Clare Well Rid of a Lot of Disreputable Characters.
A few weeks ago a trio of bums
from Harrison and Meredith moved
into the Bachelor ranche in the eastern partof town and commenced business. The officers Jhave been watching for a chance to pull the institution
and were about ready to do so, when
on Tuesday a conple of tho men connected with the place got into a quarrel in-Bullman's saloon and William
Bailey stabbed his companion in the.
face and arms, inflicting some ugly
but not dangerous wounds. Marshal Smith soon aftor arrested both
of the men and they were taken before Justice Mclntyre to answer to a
charge of being drunk and disorderly. Bailey pleaded guilty and paid
a fine of $11.45 and was about to leave
the court room when Constable 'Lon
Fox stepped up and arrested him on
a dharge of assault and battery. The
trial of this offense is set for Saturday
before Justice Alward, Bailey meantime lying in jail. .Johnson the other man was rather "sassy" to the
court when he was brought up and
Justice Mclntyre impospd a fine of
$13.45 with the alternative of ten
days in the "cooler." The prisoner
preferred the latter and was put in,
but after a few hours' imprisonment
with the thermometer above a hundred, he weakened and paid his fine.
Hearing that he might also be rearrested ho made haste to leave town.'
Every inmate of the house took
fright and the fijrafc train, and thereby .saved themselves from arrest.
in his wife's affections,
instated
he fondly caressed her as he talked.
It seemed to the observers of the
interview that a reconciliation would
be effected, but after a time the wife
arose and left the now disconsolate
husband whose enjoyment of the
day was thus early spoiled. He
wandered up the street and was seen
no more.
Hoscmcn   Officered.
No. 1 hose company met for practice Tuesday, night and afterwards
elected officersjfor tJie^pRuing..'..l&c£jjL
and
A Reason tor it.
When The Puess was printed last
week we had learned only the fact
that Rev. W. N. Younglove pastor
of the M.E, church had been superceded by a Ludington man, but we
had not been informed of the particulars, It appears that the removal
was not a victory forj the opponents
of Mr. Younglove, but was in compliance with that gentleman's own
request and the laws of the church,
he having preferred charges against
some of the members. Pending the
proceedings to be had upon the
charges, the Jcomplainant could not
remain in charge of the flock and so
Rev. Mr. Stark was appointed. Mr.
Younglove wiil continue to occupy
the pulpit in the M. E. church,
though until the difficulties are settled he does not possess the powers
of a pastor in charge.
Coleman's JEJljf Drunk.
The celebration at Coleman on
Monday amounted to a big drunk,
participated in by about three-fourths
of the men and boys who were in
town. Some of the officers were
drunker than the men and there
seemed not to be any attempt to restrain intoxicated men from having a
high old time in any way which
their maddend brains might suggest.
Ladies were subjected to insult time
and again and no one interfered. Decent people were disgusted. In the
first-heat of a horse race one of the
horses ran into the crowd and Mrs.
E. Cooley, mother of Mra. W. S.
Cooley and Mrs. A. J. Doherty of
Clare, was knocked down and considerably bruzed. Protests were
made against the man's being permitted to ride, because of his intoxication, but he would not leave the
saddle. In the next heat he was
thrown from the horse and picked
up for dead. Doctors pronounced
his injuries fatal, but he rallied as he
sobered up aDd soon was able to
walk. He did not ride any more
though.
Foreman—J. C. Rorison.
Assistant—D. J. Fox*
Nozzlernen—David  Rorison
George Dawson.
Treasurer—M. J. Lossing.
Hose company No. 2 have  elected
the following officers.
Foreman—F. J. Todd.
Assistant—H. H. Hoi brook.
Nozzlernen—John    Rogers
Wm. Dwyer.
Hydrant men—Chas.   Dwyer
Harry ITollinshead.
and
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GROCERY
Will be Headquarters for
Green Vegetables,
And Strawberries, Oranges, Lemons,
Bananas and Pineapples.
IF   YOU   WANT     TOBACCO
J5@*I will sell you Plug—Nimrod,
Rum, U. S., Prnne Nugget, Gold
Shield, Acorn, Buster, and Big Ten.
jg@»Fine Cut—Fast Mail, Seal of
Detroit, Blue Line, Hiawatha, Jira
Clay, and 3 or 4 other kinds."
»@U3mokiiig Tobaccos too numerous to mention.
«@"Our Cigars are Straitan & Stor-
mes' Bouquet, Detroit Free Press extra edition, Queena, a fine Key West
cigar, Crown Prince, Peace & Plenty,'
Jocky Club, and Henry Clay.
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