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VOL. IX.
CLARE, MICH., FRIDAf, OCTOBER 1, 1886.
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THIS ^'P   THAT.
Mrs. L. T. Olds is in Albion this week.
P. L. Swarts, of Hatton, Snndayed over
in Clare. -
John Lees of Harrison, spent Sunday
with friends in Clare.
Mrs. "\V. Wolsky left for Chicago Tuesday on ti two weeks' visit.
Yill Sutherland moved into  Mrs.   Alger's-. .'iov.se on 5th-st. Tuesday.
IS. P. Pickering of Hatton was a caller
at The Phesb oilice on Monday.
A party of Claro men aro taking in the
northern part of tho state this week on a
hunting tour.
Geo. Oalkius intends moving into the
Tatman building and putting in another
first-class barber.
• '' Th© bridge east of town was moved
about 10 inches out of placo by the heavy
rain 36'riJuy night.
Th* oldest resident never saw; the river
* / higher even m the spring than it ws s lat>t
¥   baiiirusij 1.1*0 Sii"n.Uiy.
J. 0. Bockafellow will go to Bay City
next week to attend the republican congressional convention.
Misses Madge Patient, Mertie Presley
and Mamie JSJ c-Laughlin attended the
Harrison lair this week.
Mrs. E. A. Stovens, who has been staying with her mother, Mrs. Murdock of
Vernon, has returned home.
Mrs. J. H. G;dliver who has beon visiting for tho paBt six weeks   at   Stratford,
Ontario, returned homo "Wednesday.   U
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Dan. Dwyer is selling, oil' his household goods and getting ready to go to
Idaho, where he  intends to settlo down.
Ohas. Welch who has boen working in
Mi". Pleasant for the past eLx months is
visiting friends in Claro this week. He
will return to tho former place in a few
dig's.
Rernorabor the social at C5L A. R. hall
■next Friday evening. An interesting
program of exercises has been prepared
for the occasion, as well as an excellent
supper.
.David Rorison, Lewis Brown, J. C.
Borison, Juno Boss, Percy Louch and
Benj. Patient representatod the Clare
fire department at Harrison ,on Wednesday and wore right royally entertained
by"the members of Rtseuo Hoso company.
A HEAVY STORM.
An TJnpecedented Bain Visits the
ITorthern Part of the State.
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The northwestern part of the State,
especially the section •embraced by
dure,   Osceola,  Luke  and Wexford .
counties, was visited ou I'Viduy'lust1''
by a rain storm of proportions never
beloro exceeded either in the amount
of water lUUin-j; or the shortness ol"
time in which it fell.   It wad a geny
uinecloud-burst,the water bemgemjy
tied uj)6n. the earth in -^reat torrents.
Alontr the- line of th*e Grand Hi
& Indiana  road, the storm spc
chief force on a strip of about seven
miles, extending  from  a  half-mile
north of Paris station  to the same
distance north of Keed City.    Two
bridges, one at  Paris 220 feet long,
and the other at Crapo, sixty feet iu
length, were so badly wrecked' fttrnt
new structures will he necessary*
Several hundred feet of track weiv
also washed out.
At Kersey, on the Flint & Pere
Marquette milrond, the small river
running through the place rose to an
unusual height, the dam gnve way
and great damage to property resulted. A bridge crossing the stream
at Main street was carried away, and
another, a new structure, was saved
with diiticulty. Hall & ManningW"
saw and planing mill was wrecked.y[
The iron bridge two miles east ()jf
Reed City was moved about three
feet liy the torrent, and the new stone
bridge one mile west was undermined
and the foundation settled badly,
cracking the stonework. The flood
carried away several dams. At Copley's lightning struck a tree which
feli on Jaiaes Berrow's house, killing
his little child and badly injuring the
mother. 4
Between Heed City and Clare, '^
distance of forty miles, the track wafe
washed away at eight different points:
At Heed City the dams broke awa
N U G S' O't^"!"'*-t^ VV'S.
Wd G. W. Srnjlk'kfr-ew ad.
Friday, October 1,J$86, the first snow
o" tho season.        •' \
Miss Winnie MerHtl returned home
lost evening from Ba*j$ehL Wisconsin.
/'Farwell people artf -making arrangement's for a lecture co"-,ih$ this winter.
Tho nomination of >fom Layery is an
imposition upon tho publicans of Clare
county. " *t
/ Ilov. John White kltti been" returned to
Claro by the Free JVIfthodist conference
for another year.      ,\$.'t
/ W. S. Cooley and. 4 jSmith took the
'job of raiaing the ( Lirisingville school
houso this week.     ' * I  '
A series of revival niaetings will be conducted in tho Congiitaf-itionnl church,
commencing onWodnrtpby evening next.
Friday night's flood-fltaae near brinz-
ing tho six-logged calf, -tto an untimely
end, but the monstrofj^-was rescued just
in time. --*'-, .
A. .T. Doherty has t»k«n Jthe contract
for building tho schoaS;rhouse in district
"No. '2, Hatton and ArttMto Tho figure is
$1,1(X), which include^ jtarnishing.
Bev. C. W. Smith, tbe aow M. E. minister for Clare and Fart^llj has arrived in
town. Ho will prQacK'-Hnnday morning
at Claro and in tho evopug at Farwell.
Two farmers from D^ver, were driving into twon Tiiesdjtjr- morning whrn
their team became frijfhtened and ran
away, landing both men in a mud  hole.
-WlVawin-,.  Room  Ors an  Day  Trains, "New
Sleci<ii>;; Cars on .Ni^lit   1 rni.us between'Sagin.iw
I'e'r'it;«;(! Tciledo.
JtKS-lJJuci-s at Toledo in Union Depot nnd the
Boooy House; atDetrotlin De-potfootofTiirdSt.,
Jefrer^o" Avenue.
RATES AS LOW AS THE LOWEST
Sakpord Keelek, Supt.
I). Edwards.   AIA'GK
ATTOT.NEY&
^\ W. PERRY,
ATTORNEY at LAW,
Orrtcc Ovr.it Gidekfon's Sra   n
CLARE, ^    -       -        MICH.
iTl-fATONiE.""f)~ " ~
LAWI" VS. IE,
Ofpici:   ik  Dunlop's  I'lucrc JUlock, up Staius.
 CLARK, MICJ1. 	
H. BROWNE,
LAWYER,
IT A HKI&ON.     - MICH.
W. G1JEEN,
ATTORNEY AT   LAW
at  Morris &  Martin's and  Bittnd
Bros.'s grist mills, and the dams a
two others en the Hersey river were
swept away like ehaff. \
At Baldwin, Lake county, ths^
•worst storan that has visited that part
of the State in many years prevailed.
,1-lftf n f et ill .TJitrrgdayinigditund- ttore-
was an almost continuous fall of
water. The streets were flooded to
the depth of more than a foot; from
sidewalk to sidewalk the street had
■the appearance of river. Baldwin
creek arose so high that it was apprehended the Brace dam might break.
Families in the immediate vicinity
moved ontand tlie company removed
their hor.-c.s and stock up town. The
houses were so dark at 3 p. m that
lighted lamps were in order, and it
seemed as if night had settled down
on the town. Old settlers say nothing like it has ever been seen there.
Nearly all the wiieat sown in that
region bus been washed out. Christopher Gabel's barn in Pinoratownship was struck by lightning and
consumed, with the season's grain
and hay. Tiae horses and implements
were saved. Loss. $2,000: insurance
in the Farmers' Mutual for $1,100.
The flood struck Newago with a,
roar. The booms were taken out
lik'» so many straws, and 5,000,000 ft.
of iojrs helonging to the Newago
manufacturing company and J). P.
C'itiy wont out find down stream,luckily doing no other damage. The river rose IJft. in half an hour.
At Big Rapids H. H. Gray & Co.'s
boom went out, but bridges anddams
were generally saved.
The damage throughout the region
visited is estimated at from $1.50,000
to $:,oo,noo.
HARRISON,
MICH.
JJ<LOYD L. POST,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
{SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY,
' and REAL ESTATE AGENT
COLEMAN,       -      -      MICH.
mar 82-ry
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.
CorresponeIiE«ce  Solicited,  s-2
^pONVEYANCINGr^ETC.
D. E. ALWARD,
Notary   & Justice of the Feace.
Erses Ofliec. Clare, Midi.
m, "were in
t a «et-
towq-
"which included teachers and pupils of
the public schools. Last evoning I. "W.
McKeever of Liidington conducted the
closing' service. Besides the reports from
the sweral churches, many topics of importance wero discussed—tbe Sunday
school, fiuan.ies, etc., the latter subject
being bandied by Mr. Cummer, President
of th j T., A. A. * N. M. K R, a delegate
from Cadillac. Far-well "was selected as
the place of meeting next March.
Geo. Piper has acoepted a position at
Lansingville.
R. M. Mussell and M. D. Eaton "were
in Mt Ploasant Tuesday on political business.
The Pbess hopes to have Hon. R. G.
Horr address a meeting at Clare soma
time in tho campaign.
OUR NEXT SENATOR.
Fusion  Ticket.
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Clare county democrats and greei?-
backers fused last Friday and nominated the following ticket;
Sheriff, Arthur E. Doty of Greenwood, gb.
Clerk and Register, William E. Al-
di'ich of Hayes, dem.
Treasurer, Thomas W. Averill of
Hayes, gb.
Prosecuting Attorney, William A.
Burrittof Haye?-, dem.
Circuit Court Commissioner, Joh-p
IT,  Canfield of Hayes, politics
known.
Surveyor, "William Jerredof Sheridan, dem.
Coroners, J. IT. Carpenter, dem.,
of Grant, and IE. L. Williams, gb.,
of Hayes.
Notice.
Tenders will be received for siding
and painting outside, and putting
shutters on windows of school "house
in district No. 1, Hatton township.
Specifications may be seen at Goodman's Hardware store, Clare. Bids
received up to Wednesday, Oct. G,
188G. John Ried, Director.
Hatton p. o., Mich.
Ed. "Whitney "wiir rappon the ' Opera
House rink Saturday •night and skater-"-
will j?lide until ton o'clock -vrben dancing
will be indulged in fptijjcbuplo of hours.
Tho ladies of tho Congregational society invite ovorybouy."to attend their
social at G-. A. E. hall •apxl- Tuesday evening. Supper will ho aerfed from five
o'clock until nine.        '. >
' Mrs. E. Cooley is serfonsly ill at tho
homo of her daughter^ Mrs. A. J. Doherty. Mrs. Cooley has nevar fully recovered from the sliock received in tho accident at Coleman on July 5th.   ■
f Rov. W. N1. Yonnghtre "and family
|started overland for their new homo at
Morley, avillago noar"Ho»«rd City. They
expected to drivo through in two days,
the distance being about 1'(|rrdles.:
Tho township boarcj i ^
Claro last Monday tryrig
tlement -with the board
■&f&iata.'f'wisaQi6t mo
Mr. Anthony says ko- is sorry the
Pbess mentioned his jouthtul wife's
departure but that it is a feet she is gone
as well as Bomo of his wearing apparel.
Perhaps sho has "gone after a handsomer
man."
Tho following Parwell people attended
tho Congregational conference in Claro
this week: W. A. Carpenter and wife,
Dr. and Mrs. E. B. Evans, J. D. Rounds
and wife, James Saxton and wife, Mrs.
Bonnett, Mrs. Rassail, Rev. and Mrs.
Franklin.
J. D. Strublo and wifo have again made
up. They leave today for Crystal Lake,
where Strublo will work a farm and, if ho
keeps his promise, ho will let whiskey
alone and be more of a man than ho has
been for several months piist.
Nettie, daughter o" Benj. Daugherty,
was taken down with diphtheria last Friday and her condition for a few days was
critical, but sho passed tho crisis safely
and is now almost fully recovered. Thero
aro no other cases of diphtheria in Clare or
the vicinity.
The iiu'loment weather interfered materially with tho county fair at Harrison?
tliiswook. No outpido ball clubs put
hi an appearance. The horse racing was
rather tame bnfc Pat Norton's horse
which came in second wan given first
money, ths winner was set back to third
place and the losing horse was given sec-
and money.
/The Congregational Sunday school elected officers last; Sunday as follows: D. E.
/ Alward, superintendent; Samuel Loom-
' is, assistant superintendent; A. A. Shaver, seoretarv and treasurer; Mrs. E. H.
DoYogt. librarian; Geo. Sexsmith, assistant librarian; Miss Etta Muscott, organists; Miss Bessie Giberson, assistant organist. The average attendance at the
Sunday school for the year just closed i%
96.
The Pbess is informed that last Friday night when tho storm" camo up some
religious fanatics on Fifth-st. succeeded
in searing a young girl almost crazy.
Thin they claimed she had tho "power,"
d spent hours of praying over tho distracted child. The operation was repeated tho next night, the second storm and
Wiggins' prophecies being taken as a
means to scare the child almost into fits.
Her cries wero pitiful to hear and if
tho reports aro truo concerning tho outrageous treatment she received, tho woman ought to be prosecuted.
The semi-annual session of the northern central conference of Congregational
churches was held in Claro this week,
commencing on Wednesday afternoon
and closing last evening. Delegates
were present from Manistee, Cadillac,
Hersey, East Lake, Ludington, Farwell
and Clare. Rev. Mr. Porter of Horsey
was elected Moderator and Rev. A. J.
Yan Camp of Clare Scribe. On Wednesday evening Rev. Dr. Fairchild of Manistee preached an able and eloquent sermon to a churohful of people. Again
yesterday afternoon Dr. Fairchild lectured, his subject being "Palestine." The
lecture was listened to by an audience
Under the above caption, the St.
Louis Leader gives a sketch of Floyd
L. Post, closing as follows:
"In 188-1 he was nominated for
representative from the district comprising Midland. Gladwin and Roscommon counties, and elected by a
majority of 51!) over the fusion candidate, on a total vote,of 3,331.
Although the youngest member of
the legislature (with one exception)
Mr. Post took a leading position in
the work of the session, and with
only half as many committees as
■ members he was given the championship of the committee on local
tftxaction, was second on that of
state affairs, second on tlit) joint committee of the two houses on amendments to the tax laws and second on
engrossment and enrollment.
These wore all important' committees, yet he discharged the uutii-.s of
each and every positiou as-i-jrneiljhim
in such a manner as to nieet the approval of his fellow legislators, and
or his constituents as well, as his
proposed promotion plainly indicates.
Mr. Post was a hard working
intelligent   representative   and
therefore have no heMration  in
liitV trie -readers of the Leader that he
.j--Ml!fM--l-^^ . af-
Ifcfr-fllft'** \&i&**bxt*$k\ ■ £' ~ ~ "'
proposes in November to make
the senator from the 24th senatorial
district. Art a senator Mr. Post ^ill
always be true to his eonstitntents
and true t.> the rrpuhl'can party and
its he>t interest*. II is election by a
good majority is an assured fact, if
every republican in the district does
his duty."
and
we
tell-
HO. 21.
"Lo=al "PollttQal Moles.
the
in
head
Clare'
county
by the
$*«
T. P. Homing is still at
of the greenback party
county.
Democratic affairs in this
will continue to he managed
Clare anti-Fisherites.
S. B. Heverlo of Gratiot county is
the candidate selected by the democrats for Floyd L. Post to lay out in
this senatorial district.
Lawyer Estee flops to fusion but La-
boringman Labell joins tho party of
the people. In that trade the republicans of Isabella county got. the better of the bargain by long odds.
Hatton and Hamilton townships
were not represented in the democratic county convention last week, ■
and credentials for only 20 delegates
were presented to the greenback convention. •   -
J. H. Canfield positively declines
thi" fusion nomination for' circuit
court commissioner. H>. is'a {jreen-
hacker who don't believe in a political marriage with spoils as the
only motive.
D. R. Dwyer received nix votes
for sheriff in trie fusion 'corisrenfion
last week. Wm. Parish received
20 votes on one ballot and would
probably have been nominated had
he not withdrawn his name.
"Laborim: and low»»r classes who
work for their bread." That is a
Yaple-Nm which will '"' "opreciated
by porkers. Is a man who works
for his bread of a "lower ela«s" than
any other man? No.—Midland Republican.
The lear'sbitivp boo still buzzes in
F. A. Wilson's bonnet, and, bavins:
captured the fusi'-n nomination for
representative, he will mane a desperate effort to get there. H\ A.
Wilson tried the same thing^two
years ago.
IT. H."Aplin, of West Ray City, republican candidate for Andito-General, was in the volunteer ranks from
July 80, 1801, to July 19,1865, when
he was honorably discharged. As
AuditorGeneral he will serve as faiths
fully as he did "in the field-.
The Fame votes which nominated
Lavery at Harrison, Tuesday, nominated the other candidates the Grant
*jftnt"l: Surry. O^-yXtiorj^'l-Wr.jr -tjj£lr.
Is
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vr
.mnfsm
arwell, who
of/FiirwoN, *»vhirVn^T'pTMs!
convention, stated that he'-'o'uIcTribt
accept the nomination for e'erk.' No
candidates were named for Circuit
Court Commissioner and Surveyor,
though it is understood that tlie name
of A. M. Tinker will he placed on
both tickets. The county committee
will attend to that.
"•^'*«%gji
Harmony prevailed at the greenback caucus held in Surry township,
last week. IT. L. Day, our lone
green hacker, met in solemn session,
arul elected himself as four delegates
to attend the greenback convention
held at Harrison lust Friday.—Far-
well Reg inter.
The Farwell Bibical and Musical
society was organized in the Congregational church on Monday evening.
After the-adoption of a constitution,
the following officers were elected:
President, Rev. G. M. Franklin.
Vice President, Mrs. J. Saxton.
Treasurer, Mrs. C. S. Carpenter.
Secre't?.ry, Miss Fan-ell.
Organist—Miss M. Hinds.
Managing Committee — Mrs. F.
Bennett, Will Rowe and E. P. Saf-
forri.
The society, which has over thirty-
members to start with, will meet
every Mond-iy evening. — Register.
Tatman & Schilling.
To the citizens of Clare and Isabella counties: I desired to express
my thanks to my many customers
for their patronage for the past year
and a half, which has been far greater than I expected at first, as my stock
and room were so small. Rut my
trade and stock have increased until
lam comnelled to get into larger
quarters aiid thatl will do next week.
I have rented the store building formerly rented by Pierce* Mack and
have taken Mr. Jerden Schilling as
a partner. The firm will hereafter
be known as Tatman & Schilling. I
now ask a continuance of patronage
from my old customers and hope to
still increase the number. We shall
keep tho largest stock dT groceries
and provisions in Clare county and
shall handle all kinds of farm produce. Call in and see us next week.
Respectfully yours.
J. F. TATI.IA.3r.
I will guarantee that you can save
10 per cent by buying your furniture
of me. I am not selling at cost either. Call in and get prices and be
convinced. A. A. Shavek.
('has.   Labell who defeated   Free
Estee for Justice of the Peace at Mt.
Pleasant last spring,  i<  a   working-
man,   an honest man of the people,,
He announces Ids farewell to the democratic party, controlled by rich corporations, gigantic corporations   and
selfish bosses like Don Dickinson, who
care more for personal ends than  for
the public,   good."     Cono'uding   his
very aide communication to tins   Tri-
dune, Mr. Label] says:    "I'may say
isi conclusion that I'had long contemplated the step which I am now taking, but tl e fact that Mr. Free E*tee-
was   a   member   of   t!t<-   roruhlican
party eovpred it with a cMmei of suspicion which I could not Coi.-isiently
i-rnosv.   It seerm-d ro me 'thsij   in  a
party tha; could tolerate Mr   Kstee's
method-} there was some hriah: orieci-
ples lacking.    But now th.^t   the   republican   party   is   free   from    this
blighting     taint,   I   ch'-erfni!v   an-
normce myself a republican' in   h< art
and soul."
l'n. The Ditjh.
Last Friday night's rain wms the
hardest that has visited tins section
for years. One result of the storm
wa ■ ii washout at tho Lansing ,<-ide
three miles east of Clare, by' which
a. special train was derailed early
Saturday morning, and the engineer
and fireman injured. A bridge has
gone out near Hersey nnd the general officers left Saginaw about three
o'clock a. m., Saturday, to go to the
scene of the disaster. Tho water
had washed out the dirt from under
the track for a few rods at Lansingville and when the engine of tha
special struck this piece of track it
went down and made a wreck.    Tho
engineer, H. Hamilton, 'and the
fireman, IT. Bissonette, were the only persons injured and they not seriously. Hamilton received a severe
cut on the head and; Bissonette's
legs were scalded. The engine was
badly disabled, but the cars did not
leave the track, their occupan'ts receiving only aibig fright and a lively
shaking up.   &.
Photographs.
Persons    "wishing    photographs- will
please call for  sittings   on  Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday of each week, as   I
shall bo away the balance of the time.
E, H. DbYogt.
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