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CLARE, MICH,, ^RB_i_Y, JANUARY  28,   1887,
Tlie Holden Case.
Mr. Holden's "case " was actually
taken up Monday morning in Justice
Mabley's court, and about three clays
have been spent upon it already, it
having been adjourned yesterday afternoon until Saturday.   It is understood that the plea of "guilty" is
withdrawn.   At least every inch of
the ground is being fought by Mr.
Holden's attornej'', .1). AY. Hitchcock,
with   the  utmost   determination.—
Prosecuting Attorney Gue is conducting  a very thorough examination,
and some quite interesting features
have been brought out.   Mrs. Bradley testifies that on the night in question, whilo Geo. Miner was gone fofj7
an officer, Miss Zada See called froni
the foot of the stairs " Stuart, Stuart/
come down now, there's an opportunity before the officer comes; " also
that the next evening, Mr. Holden
had an interview with Zada and that
the latter said " My dear, did you
Special .Announcement.
Until further notice Mr. 0. I. Alward
•will have full control of the The Pbess
and ho is authorized to receive and receipt for any moneys paid either upon
subscription, advertising or job accounts.
The friends of The Peess are respectfully asked to support Mr. Alward and
assist both him and Mr. Bro-wn of the
"' staff" in their efforts to give full .ind
accurate reports of all local matters. Our
friends in tho county -will confer a great
favor by sending in for publication the
news of their neighborhoods.
NO. 37.
'Us to mention,
very ill at Mt.
Nubs of News.
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suppose that I would forsake you un-,
der these circumstances?" and thtifi^
in response to Zada's inquiries why
he didn't come down if he heard her,
lie allowed that he did no| think
they would find him. Eeferring to
the time immediately after Mr. Holden had been harvested from the attic, Mrs. Bradley testifies that he said
he had done nothing he would not
do again under the circumstances;
that he had wronged nobody but
Mrs. Holden. One is reminded very
forcibly of Mr. Holden's oft-quoted
line, " It's an ill bird that fouls its
own nest." What can be said of an
animal that fouls his (.w)iiol(n) dSn^
—Midland Bepublican.
"OAIL ROAD TIME
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Time Card In effect Nov. 28,1880.
NORTHWEST.
SOU-ILK AST.
P.M.    A._C.    P.H.
A.M.    P.M.    P.M.
1125 1145....           Toledo
....    500   ....
1180   110   5 30         Detroit
1085   3 50 10 02
222  215   632       D.L.&N.
9 31   249   900
848   3 24  7 50           Hollj-
830   142   758
415  3 48  ....      Grand Blanc
811   120   722
4 35   8 57  822            Flint
7 59   105   715
K55._6.05  8_*7     EastSaJjliiaw
7 001150   6 05
0 8(1  5 _U 10 00 for 1B. C. [from
6301100   510
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A-M.   P.M.
7 45  515            East Saginaw
1120   5 50
8 31   6 03                 Midland
10 35   5 02
9 25  G45                Coleman
948   417
10 50  7 45     arr.   Mt. Pleasant
dep.    820  315
9 50   70 5                 CB<A»E
9 26   8 5G
1050  8 29     arr.     Harrison
dep.      7 50  2 55
1003   717                  ITanvell
915   3 44
1100  80 2                   Evart
8 33   2 56
1185  8 50                Reed City
805  225
215 10 40                Ludington
5 45 12 00
Butter, 20c per lb.
Eggs, 20c per dozen.
Potatoes, 80c per Im.
A. J. Doherty was in Saginaw Wednesday.
O. S. Chase was in Haraison en businoss Tuesday.
Ex-postmaster Smith of Harrison wrfs
in town Wednesday. —~\"
A. A. Shavor took a business trip t|
'Saginaw on Tuesday.
Mrs. Ed. Mill and John Eeynolds,*"*"**-*ji
Farwoll, were in Glare Monday.
H. Trovidick's littlo girl, Mable, was
quite sick the first of the week. *****,
.Joseph McKeo and W. W. Weathor-;
wax of Harrison, in Clare Tuesday. •
Mrs. Tho... Creeper of Mt. Pleasant, is
visiting hor parents in Clare this week.
Kev. S. P. Pino is suffering from a so-;
vere attack of neuralgia in the head ana]
chest. '{
Work has been renewed on the De-
Vogt block, corner of Sixth and Main
"streets.
Eev. Mr. Curtis of Grand Eapids,
•preached at the Dover school house last
Sunday.
Geo. Bodkin's little girl is very sick
with whooping cough. Her recovery is'
doubtful.
Mrs. Will Goodman went to Mt. Mor|
xts Wednesday, Where .she will '*i_rii$1_#i;
annti for a fortnight. *
°Rev. Eichards of Gilmore, has been in
Clare the past week attending tho revival
meetings at tho M. E. church.
Tramps are too
Mrs. Wm. Gibei
Morris. 'W§
Mrs. A. J. Dohert/j|M; Thursday in
Coleman. £ ■?'-
Henry Corby of Sfe ^de was in town
yesterday. ? --.
The sleighiilg is tWirjbeet it has  been
this winter. "•    _ ,-
James Philips of Wif* township was in
Clare yesterdays   . ,l>£'.
Mt. Pleasant 4b f-jtlpve  «. toboggan
slide.   Next, Glare.. «$£
Wm. Wolaky and |lb took a trip to
Bay City W*ie«W*l *""h
Attetld tho
$-5_"""Drawing Boom Car.", on Day Trains, New
Sleeping Cars on Night Trains between Saginaw.*
Detroit and Toledo. T
•^•"Offices at Toledo In Union Depot and tlif
Boody House; at Detroit In Depot, foot of Thlra
street, Jefferson Ave.
BATES AS LOW AS THE LOWEST.
Sanfokd Kxeleh, Supt.
D. EnwARDS, Manager.
■proprietor of tho Alger House, has strl-C.
to
Thos.  Preaf-
ATTORNEYS.
C
W. PERRY,
ATTORNEY at LAW,
Office Over G.ii_i*sor.'s Stc   i_
CLARE,        -       -        MICH.
W HE A TON,E. D.,
_.„ A *W V E X_,
Office  in Dunlof's Urick Block, up Stairs.
CLARE, MICH.
W.
H. BROWNE,
L A W Y E 11,
HARRISON,     - MICH.
Ty   W. GREEN,
ATTORNEY AT   LAW
HARRISON,     -      -     MICH.
meo
i^ing
the/ M.
at
the council ropm
The revival *
church are pi
Mrs. Dr.
Pleasant fori
Thos. Ee;
Bros., of Mil
The Claro'
ricul tural A
on stairs.
Ed. Whitnq
4s painting a J
county seat.
The young-]
4ig himself geni
to some one else.
Miss Fannie Nichols*!f_nt to Harrison
Wednesday, where she" -will, remain the
rest of tho winter.
Horning's mill started-up yesterday
"morning, after a short I__jp||___ caused by
putting in a new boiler,'  • V
Miss Clara Wheaton,'"Who has been visiting Miss Cora Aldridrof 'Harrison, returned home Wednesdayv. -,
Mrs. C. Bigley, who' h«s^1?een visiting
.months, re-
E.
want to lit.
.Monday.
rni of Beardon
town Monday.
'Iajnbolla  Ag-
ilimjedthogold-
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ial sign writer,
iiy for the
his. "evenings
gompaxH gives them
in Sault Eiver the past th
turned home last Saturcla'
Geo.   Calkins  the tow.   Bays  that
those who visit his troM^jiile nightly
had better look a "lidc-W
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Isiah Feighner puree ■■B^tnree* car
lilM^^eia/aik^hM^aii^^i-. McmdaV.
whicfrfre *#ii_?"i_fiip'
Mrs. Eva Mtins has gone to Lake Station for the remainder of tho winter
where she will join her husband.
Eev. Mr. Tiney of Gladwin, who has;' Miss Emma Sexsmith was in Coleman
been assisting in the M. E. church for'th*"/ -yesterday attending the Episcopal Con-
past week, returned home last Tuosday. | firmation which was held at that place,
V. L. Brown tho genial and obliging/
TpLOYD L. POST,
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ATTORNEY AT 'LAW,   s
SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY,
and REAL ESTATE AGENT
COLEMAN,      -      -      MICH.
mar S_.iv
A TTENTION FARMERS.
ED. UNICUME CLAR-EA
Manufacturer of
Marcy's Patent Tubular  Wells.
This  is  the well for camps, mills,
and farms.    It never fails.
I am also contractor
 for	
GRIBIXG     LUMBER   RAILROADS.
Correspondence Solicited.  _-_
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fOARPENTER WORK.
_0_   _r_.   FOX,
CARPENTER & BUILDER.
Plans & Specifications FnriiisM & Pirst-class
Work Guaranteed.
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^ONVEYA'NOiNG^ETOr
D. E. ALWARD,
ITotary   & Justice of the Peace.
.Press ©iBce. CHare, Mlcli.
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LAMBECK & WOODRUFF,
MERCHANT TAILORS.
A full Line of the Latest Styles of
goods to select from.
BQfGiVE us'a OAT-is, Clare - Mich
his black team of horses
ley.
Jacob Mason and "wife -went to Mt.
Pleasant Monday, v/hero they "will adopt
Johnnie May, a little bright eyed boy of
four years.
Singing school at tho Town Hall Monday and ■Wednesday evenings of each
■week. Everybody is cordially invited to
attend. Ladies 23 cents, gentlemen 50
cents per month.
H. O. Sqtjibes, Teacher.
One case of diptheria is reported, it being in tne family of Jos. Brayman, his
-wife catching the terrible disease "while
visiting her son in Gladwin. Although
quite sick no fears are entertained for her
recovery.
At the rate our medical colleges are
turning out young physicians and surgeons it will not be long before some-
-thing more perilous than the toboggan
slide will havo to be popularized, or there
will soon b. an overproduction of doctors. Why not revive the flying machine?
A petition is being circulated about
town, and being signed by all of tho business men, to crtll a meeting at the Council rooms this evening " for the purpose
of organizing a business committee for
encouraging manufactors and other enterprises in and about tho village of
Clare."   Let every business man attend.
Friends to the number of about thirty
perpetrated a genuine surprise upon Miss
Nettie Bicknell, at her home, Tuesday
evening, the occasion being her nineteenth birthday. Games and both vocal
and instrumental music were indulged in
by those present. Befreshments were
served, and when the time came for going
home everyone expressed themselves as
having passed a most excellent time.
Thirty years ago a Dundee man fell a
victim to the charms of a neighbor's wife,
but the neighbor, being a Democrat,
wouldn't die or resign. The lovers, how
ever, set up housekeeping on their own
account without a formal marriage, and
have reared a large family. Last week
the woman's legal husband died, and the
faithful lovers kept thoir vows made 30-
years ago and weremarried as soon as the
impediment was buried.
Tho Congregational social held at Wm.
^H. Elden's Saturday evening, was well
attended and netted a good round sum.
LANSING LETTER.
Capital Notes of Interest to
Clare Folks.
/Lansing, Jan. 26.—This is my
birthday ancl the day will be remem-
pered iiicidentily also as the 50th anniversary of the admission of Michigan into tha sisterhood of states. No
special exercises are being held however, but I feel confident that the
omission is not intended in anyway
as a slight to me. Just how the state
feels about it I cannot tell.
Representative Wilson has given
notice in the house that he will at
some future day introduce, a bill requiring: th'. publication of a report of
all mortgages held against farm property. Mr. Wilson says that he has
long been convinced of the wisdom
of such a law whose operation would
result in showing the farmers of the
state just where they stand financially.
The showing whioh .Frank W.
Ralph made to sustain his claim to
Representative Burr's seat was so
very slim that the committee lacked
only one vote of being unanimous in
deciding against him. One of the
Democratic members .of the committee was an earnest advocate of the
justice of Mr. Burr's claim.
There were 772 cases commenced in
the several circuit courts of the 21st
district last year and only 518 in
Saginaw county which has a Judge
all to herself. Wayne county with
three Judges had only about a thousand cases. And the court work of
the counties in our district is increasing more rapidly than in either Saginaw or Wayne. Representative Burr
and Wilson favor the proposed
change in the district and Senator
Post is waiting to hear from his constituents about it.
the dogs and the human bloodhounds
tracked her to the hiding place.—,
Stanley, an old farmer, gallantly attempted to defend the shrieking girl
from her pursuers, but he was overcome and the poor wretch taken
back.
"Many of the girjs are chaste until
they are surrounded by the vice of
the camp dance house. One girl who
came from Chicago was of unusual
respectability. The way in which
she had been kidnaped was investigated. She had bpen decoyed from
an honorable life by nn advertisement offering large wages in a boarding, house. The first she knew of
the horrible life she had undertaken
was when she got to the shanty that
owned her. At the Felch mountain
range there were 19 of these unfortunates gathered in and sent home.
The places where the iniquity exists
are innunmerable throughout Menominee, Delto and Iron counties."
In order to stop this human traffic
Representative Breen, of Menominee
and Representative Thompson of
Delta, are urging two measures..
Mr. Breen's bill provides for a five-
years' sentence to state prison in case
of conviction of any connection with
one of the human dens. At present
convictions can be made only under1
the general state law against lewd-
houses, and this gives but one year's
punishment. Mr. Thompson's bill
provides for imprisonment in the
Detroit house of correction of women
frequenting the dens. D. E. A.
Carr to Have a Nov/ Trial.
A telegram received from Lansing informs the Pkess that the Carr case "was
argued there yesterday, and that Prosecuting Attorney Bnrr.tt thinks that a
new trial will bo grants i Mm.
THIS AMD   TK-jVr.
Mrs. J. Y. Sine of Charlevoix -will return home tho first of next week, after an
extended visit with friends and relatives
here.
The surprise party that took place at ths
home of Mr. and Mrs. Friedeborn's Friday evening, was an enjoyable affair.
About twenty couple were present.
Geo. W. Smith has just received the
finest line of choice candies ever brought
to Clare, when in want of anything in
the confectionery lino give George a call-
The Free Methodist quarterly meeting
will bo held in tbe Town Hall commencing on Friday evening of tMs week. Rev.
C. S. Gitohell, presiding elder, will be
present.
Joseph H. Brown and wife of Belleville, Ont., arrived in Clare last week and
will hereaf_( r make their home with Mrs.
Brown's parents, J. A. Comverse and
family in Vernon.
Mrs. D. E. Alward left Wednesday
morning for Battle Creek, to visit relatives and friends. She will stop in Saginaw and Lansing on her *way down, and
will be absent about six weeks.
They have a toboggan slide at Bismarck, Dakota, where it is said the steel-
shod toboggans acoMro a velocity of three
miles a minute. That must, be the next
thing to being hitched to a blizzard.
Here is a good remedy for frozen limbs.
While the limbs or parts are yet frozen,
take common glue, such as is used by
cabinet makers, and with a brush paint
the frozen parts with hot glue, wMch will
soon dry the crack, then rub it off and
apply as before. Three or four applications will cure when the parts are frozen,
and never leave tho itching* sensation that
is always felt.
A new revolver has been patented
which is expected to be less liable to be
accidentally discharged than'any of its
predecessors. Its main feature is a concealed hammer, enclosed in the look
frame, wMch cannot be "unintentionally
manipulated, and the trigger is so arranged that it cannot be pulled unless a
•safety leVer in the rear qf tho lock frame
ia first pressed.
In the light of the horrible details
of the murder of Frankie Osborn and
the brutal treatment of other girls in
Jim Carr's dens of infamy in Harrison and Meredith, readers of The
Pb*rss will notfiud it difficult to be^
lieve the awful 3tories of shocking
depravity in the dance houses of the
upper peninsula.   Carr and his dis-
tte.ptiviblp jw.Hventk;pd ma-iy. ? .gn;!
Troiir nlfe_wmf*ho'ii_-W i**nir .iel-l". them-
us prisoners and staves, but his infamous work was on a small scale compared with what is carried <>n in tho
mining regions of northern Michigan.
The   methods  adopted   to lure the
girls to their ruin  and  to   prevent
their escape after they realize iheir
situation are the same there as in
Clare county.   Representative Bart-
ley Breen of Menominee has laid before the House judiciary committee
a most startling and distressing story
of depravity and vice.   Mr. Breen's
investigations show that the trade in^
young girls is worse and more exten-'
dive than people want to believe has-
been carried on for a long time in our
state.   He has secured, too, individual cases of the most extreme cruelty
practiced on young girls for the purpose of keeping then, for the horrible
service into which they were unwittingly drawn.
" There is, perhaps, no place in the
county," says Mr. Breen, "where
such *■*. state of depravity exists. The
situation of the mining camps is such
as to invite immorality. New mines
are started and at once a little settlement of miners springs up about it.
This is practically cut off from therest
of the world, except perhaps by a
spur of railroad which in time is
thrown out to it. In these new settlements the trade in young girls has
come to be an established business.
Advertisements are inserted in the
papers of Chicago, Milwaukee and
elsewhere, inquiring for girls to work
in boarding houses and heaters.—
Other cunning devices are used, too,
in coaxing working girls from their
home. At one time we secured a
large number of them who had been
brought to Menominee, and they
were sent home before they got to
the camps. The same has occurred
at Bessemer and at other points
throughout the upper peninsula.
"The horrors of the camps can
scarcely be described. The girls are
kept in rough board shanties and
tents. There are a, dozen or more in
each place.   A system of fines is_in
Local on 5th page.
Friedr Lange is on the gain.
Al. Smith was in town yesterday.
Arthur has a case of scarlet fever.
Al. Louch was in Harrison   yesterday.
Now is the time to pay your subscription.
Geo. Stevens of Mt Pleasant,-was jjn'
fc-TO^l-f^ftday.   "" ' *■*   ,■'*" """'T
"Doc." Alward returned to Glare laut
Friday morning.
Mr. J. L. Jackson of Loomis was in
Clare Wednesday.
Mrs. Brady of Morley, is visiting at
Rev. C. W. Smith's tMs week.
Mrs. Chambers of Evart is visiting
friends and relatiyes in Clare.
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Our former townsman Newt Root, now
of Mt. Pleasant, was in town this week.
j w. S. Cooley has been in Gladwin coun-
% for the past week taking camp views.
Miss Mertie Presley taught tho Vernon
school Wednesday,   Mrs. Carrie  Eaton
being ill.
Kev. R. A, Wright, of Coleman, "was
an town Wednesday and Thursday of
this week.
Mr. Richards of Gilmore is assisting
in tho revival meetings at the M. E.
church this week.
Tho literary society met at tho home of
Ruth Shaver Wednesday evening and
adjourned sine die.
June Ross was in Big Rapids Friday
and Saturday on business.
Card parties, singing school, sleigh
rides and dances occupy the attention of
the young folks at present.
If the person who borrowed (?) our ax,
last week will please return it, their
kindness will never be forgotten.
The young folks are talking of getting
up a sleigh load and taking in tho tobag--
gon slide at Mt. Pleasant • some of these"
moonlight evenings.
A large sleigh load oE young people
will attend the box social given by the
Congregational society at the home of
Ed. Stearns in Vernon this evening.
Lawyer Graves of Mt. Pleasant, informs the Pbess that the  surveyors ' aro
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;ogue by which the poor wretches are ^between Clare and Calkinsville and  "wiE
kept constantly in debt to the over
seer. If a girl does not get a man fa
drink she is fined. If she does npt
get him to dance she is fined.
" There is no escape for the poor
creatures. Dogs are kept to guard
against the girls running away. In
one case which has been fully investigated a girl escaped after being shot
in' the leg, and took refuge in a
swamp. The dogs were let loose on
her trail, and the gang-of overseers
started after her. She slt.pt in the
swamp one night, but was finally
hunted down and tai.en buck to the
den. In another case a girl escaped
while the dance was in progress in
the shanty. It offered her an opportunity for eluding detection and getting away. After much privation
she made her way to an island cultivated by a man named Stanley.  But
reach Clare by next Tuesday. Who
will wager us a new hat that tho T., & A.
wont reach Clare on or before the first
of July next?
New goods constantly arriving at Gib-
erson's mammoth store. No dull times.
Our low prices keep business hiimming.
B-^Connnencing Monday, Jan.
24th and continuing two weeks Giberson will give every customer that
buys goods to the amount  of §1 or
more an elegant cake of toilet  soap»
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Photographs.
Persons    wishing    photographs  ■will
please call for  sittings  on   Wednesday.
Thursday and Friday of each week, as  I
shall be awav tho balance of the time.
E. H. DeVogt.
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