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CAroii/iiAo, ' Hay'' 7.—[Special]—-?.. M
Asls-Jig*, .Jr., -was, in) 'the city yesterday
lo<sM.Qg ultexthe interest of the Toledo,
Ana^rbor & CndSlao railroad, and a
epeccat meeting of lihe council -was called
lasfc.£veni_g that he rphjht make same explanations and corae to a general lander-
etaading with our citizens. A committee
w«ssappointed to es/nfer with hita. Two
vital points in the contract are that the
main line shall coisie into Cadillac, and
th_#; work shall begin at this end-of the
roafi within SO days. The city is to be
headedfor f!35,00fi.
Mr. Ashley says that work  w__C begin
here in two weeks and aa soon as practicable the road will be pushed <an,    Ho
states that work i* going on at Glare wit
a Jtsrce of 400 men and 100 teams.
-ffiusfc Beeeived at Hrs. M. IBogar-
dsas' a nice assortment of ILadies.
Misses ahd Children's hats. Ijace
caips, laces, erabd-odery, gloves and a
nice line of ruc-iing and veiling.
"Cotfia and get prices. No trouble to
Show goods, 13.wo doors north of
B©ftt Office.
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Business directory.
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Office over GU*er_on'8 Store.  Clare. Mich	
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If you do get ..our abstracts nnd bo to
t'. -f.J.yoii, and bccoM It wltlsout any delay.
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A full JUiJe of the latest «*$.'«. of kooUs to .select
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AfiENT, CLASK, 5fICH.
Insurascc, Security, Iiitegrlty. insure in the
,/KTNA Iusfunince Co., U..n:torrl. Conn. ^H'.HI-
CAN iKSuatnee Co., Pli.Itt U-lphfa. I".i., .i__u..the
FIHEMEN'S n -S'l), Sail Ecwiclsco. Oil.
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CARPENTER & BUILDER.
Plans & sgeeificattons FurMed & First-class
"Wiorlt Guaranteed.
CURE,        — — MICES
ED. UNICUME CLARE,
.Manufacturer '£
3SIarcy's Patent Tubalar  Wells.
This  is  the well for camps, mills,
and farms.    It nevf*r fails.
I am also contractor
GKADISG.     irXBEB    llAILROilDS.
Correspondence   Solicited.  s-_
J W. SMITH, BLACKSMITH.
Home  Shoeing  and   Blaelcsmithing
of all Kinds in Best Manner.
I guarantee to stop any horse from Interfering
in two tr_als and If 1 fall, I will shoe the horse the
second time free.
©TUMI"*    MACHINE.
%trl respectfully ask fanners nnd others to call
and see my »turnp machine.   It is ahead of any
machine ever before seen la these parts.
Shop and Foundry at Lamb's Mill,
CLABE,   MICH. ...10
3$ubs bif Wows.
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• Butter. 20q-t<br lb', tr       =   *
Eggfs, 12o*per dozen.
Potatoes, $1 per bushel,
Mumps are now fashionable. , *
What has become of our band V
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L. Sable  of Lake. City  was in. town
Monday.
J. GL  Bockafellow wec-t  to Harrison
Tuefeiay morning. ■
Ge-s. Stevens of Mt. Pleasant was m
town Wednesday.
'G_-_e Qnillott -axdo a bnsineffs trip to
Midland this week.
Gray* Horning ot Mt. Pleasirafc visited
friends in Olare tlsl-e weak. sj
A Sarge crowd aft-ended the show at the
G. _L B. haU last Saturday,
-   The plato glass for Ed, "White's now
bri-ilc store arriye-C Monday.
Tom Dwyer arrived honjo from "Wis-}!
con*£n Ifust'SatUPfey morning.*
S_ J". Jameson and Samuel Zeiter ot
lioarnis were in town Monday.
Lawyers Wheifion and Pe-rry attendedl
Ciranit Court at. j-Xa2-p_*oa tl.is week.
Msrs. Del Woodsworth w&e (ionfined ta>
the house by sickness the first of the
wed.:.
Mrs, David Jennings ha? been seriotts-
i^'Biolpjrpr the iJjaat week %ut is now am
the^ain. , ;.,^
T. P. Horing drove (r?er from Mt.
Pleasant Mondaj- evening-returning ho_3_o
the same night.
M5ss Panny Sardiner, who has. been
seriously sick far the part fortnight,'.is.
now convalesent, '., ,\
'HAS. Horning has sold his houBe'wfid
lot in this village to Y. EL. Brovm proprietor <s_;.the Alger House, , ,
A. J. Doherty has ordered a f arii.uce
fr^tn Fuller & Warren of Albany, •$. X-,
to pu_ in his brick block. .. '   * *"'
San'l Young has takcEthe,jpbot>ol6ar-
ing 20 acres oil land for Wm* JCoEwcn
on tbo north and west siSe of Clara.
Miss Wilson teacher at Lan_dng*__lle
h-is
" Mrs. Henty Ort is.CQny|lesceut.
Mrs. J».\yr- Smith is \ |ick-with a te\
this week.    '. ■*     I',"*.
Diok Wilson-is troublt*^ -with inflamsl- j
tion ot the, eyes.       * 'yffi \
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Jno. Giberson afcd ffti^iJyare expected
in Qlare next week.  ' ,J*c r
Both  ho_e  cQinpaaie^ were  out  for
practice Wednesday -YOifug.
The Ladie's Union -wi|ft*meet at Mrs.
Eldon's next Thursday Mm.
STew ads this week;'!giberson, Boge,
Bicknell and G. W. BvtaA.    '
MraThos. Corner -iyhov|has been quite
sick for tho past week i&Spw on thegain
Jno Borison has takett/'the oontraot to
build ahousefor Jj.^El'-^.iiart oh Fourth
street east. ' '•   .Ji \^
When in want. *. of.**«nything in the
'grocery lino give me a;Tjall' John Ey-
ans, Sonth Sida ; ' 4
, A woodsman,-]whoso ji$no we (ailed to
learn, is seriously ^'sip^.at the Stearns
House with lung fever. :'d
Tho bank company lWi' ordered a now
time lock sofe to be us'M, whon they go
into their new <ju;!*rteng^*-
There will be Tee Grqj».n served at the
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Aleak in  the  water-pipes  on Main
street was fixed JJp*__¥t.t' of the week.
moved his house around so
risidenco of-Mb.  EldeflV Satarday  afternoon and evening, Mo*j|-.'i-
Eggs are very absijj&in Olare. The
camps buy thom .all tit^as soon as thoy
come in ancl town folk?""have to go without, ;j£f '
The Merry Workers* i»HW M. E. S. S.
will serve Io_ Creara^mioirow afternoon
and evening at the re_itlonee of Mrs. A.
•pAINTING, PAPERING, &c.
JAMES L WELCH
VILLAGE   BILL   POSTER,
"Will promptly fill   all  orders for
Painting-,      Paper-Hanging,
Kalsomining, Etc.
DECORATING A  SPECIALTY.
Cttarues -Reasonable.
S®*Leave oraers  at Goodman &
Go's hardware and paint store.
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ELGIN,
ROCKFORD,
HAMPDEN.
WALTHAM.
E-^"¥alclie. at Less than City Prices^®.
FINE WCH REFAIRI1.& A SPECIALTY.
IISirAll goods Warranted    _
goods Guaranteed Satisfactory,
Ed. A. White.
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WATCHES.
been having a weak'a vacation, ;as
Bohoo? is closed o?a.tV3cauQt ot searlei j?e*
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We rvere in error last nveek in stating
that tiro bride of Theo Boge was from
Shermati City. She mssided in Grasd
Bapids.
Wexoticeby tho newiy published ordinances that C. J. Carpenter is President t_i our village. Has Doe changed
his nam. • ?
Mose Brown and wifo and   Estea--
man and wife of Mt Pleasant drovo over
and si*eEt the day with Wm. Wolsky and
family Ssanday.
J. C. Cfiowo  of  Trenton,   Out,   speat
Sunday tnith his daughter,   Mrs.  H. W-
Defoo in this village.   Mr. Crowe speaks
} very highly of Olare.
W. S. Co.s-.ley has brough home this
week from idansing a thoroughbred stal-
Jion, which he purchased at the olebrated
.stock farm ©:_ J. M. Turner.
Wm, H. E4den has received a fine stock
of sheet musi•?• on GO days' trial. If you
ane in need of anything in that line give
him a call, before ordering elsewhere.
The opening game of the Northern
Michigan base ball league comprising
clubs from Evart, Ionia, Big Bapids,
Greenville and Beed City is to bo played
at Big Bapids May 23d.
Signs that have been placed at the outer edge of the sidewalk in front of some
of the business places in this village are
fast disappearing. It makes a decided
improvement in the appearance of Main
Street. 3
Mrs. A. J. Mussell nnd children and
Mrs. J. Murdoek nee Miss Joe Oallam,
arrived in Clare on Saturday morning
last from 'Wisconsin, and mil visit relatives and friend's here for a couple of
months.
The little black dog belonging to H.
W. Defoe became mad Sunday and was
killed. It so happened that the dog was
out in the country but had he
been on the streets at the time he would
undoubtedly have bitten some one. Let
this bo a warning to owners of dogs in
this locality. Watch your dogs closely,
1 and either keep them muzzled or tied up.
Erney T. Elwood was united in marriage at Clio one week ago Sunday to Miss
Addie Porsheo of that place. They are
both highly respected and esteemed in
their respective towns, and we extend our
heartiest congratulations. Mr. and Mrs.
Elwood returned to Clare last week, and
immediately commenced housekeeping in
John Beist's house across the creek,
.J-Doheity.
•*;• Villlase M-arshaK ytm. Parish locked
up a drunken man h»&t' Friday night but
pthefo boing no Justicirv in, town ho was
given his liberty hi.tha. .horning.
Miss Haltio Bon'ea Of' X-ansingville is
,<nnto ok .c with -acartaf fever.   Hor sister,
Mfts Ida, is fnst roej.T<}ring from oonges-
•tipn of tbo  bravu^'i' Dr,  Todd attends
,tnem. ''.
Mre. E. Wheaton/^'jcottpauied by her
daughter Miss Clori!, .s..fc for Howard City
Wednesday -iloniir. "f 1^> visit her daughter
Mrs. 0. W; Chase, * ^tay-expect to be ab-
Sheriff Lavery has gone back into the
livesry business, being associated with Supervisor Quinn of Harrison.
County Surveyor Wilson wants the
people to know that he is going away
pretty soon to be gono for several months.
Considerable excitement is prevalent in
the neighborhood of J. B.  Petri es' farm
in Hayes township. It appears that thero
,.....Tf... ..■■■Ayy- -&MK... ,. Iis an oily substance on   tho  water that
Next meeting  of ^ho Dorcas SocietvPmb^romh^n^aa'hm-{arxi^Pm(x
will be held ul the homo of Mrs. Bosa
Beebe next Tuesday afternoon at 2 p. m.
An Ice Cream social will be held in the
evening.   All aro invited
Forest fires are raging on all sides of
Clare and Use smoke is so dense that
most every one has sore eyes. Last night
a person could not sit in their house and
read, the smoke was so thick.
The representative of The Pbess at
Lansing writes homo that he guesses
Judge Wheaton's talking himself hoarse
on railroad matters at Farwell recently
hasn't cooled his enthusiasm much for he
said "Ciare is booming and don't yon forget it. Every man and boy is busy.
Come home as soon as you can ; they
want more hands on the railroad." See if
Hubbell wants a job."
Wm. B. Phinisey, brother of John
Phinisey arrived in Glare Monday morning from Bedford, Calhoun county and
will spend tho summer here. Mr. Phinisey is a victim of that terrible disease,
consumptson, but it is hoped that the
bracing air of Northern Michigan will
pull him through all right. Later:
Mr. Phinisey is very low and no hopes
are entertained for his recovery.
Clark Sutherland and wife were the
victims of a complete surprise last Friday evening, about 30Jof their friends calling on them at once. The ^company took
possession of the house and proceeded to
have a general good time. The event
was in honor of the aniversary of Mr.
and Mrs. Sutherland's marriage they having been joined in holy matrimony ten
years ago last Friday. The coinpany
dispersed at a lato hour all wishing the
host and hostess a continuation of their
happy and prosperous wedded life.
The Pbess takes pleasure in commending to the public the Detroit Tribune as
one of the newsiest and best family papers
published. The Tribune under its new
management has been enlarged and greatly improved, and at tho low price of one
dollar a year for the weekly and $5 a year
for the daily it cannot fail to greatlv increase its circulation, which is already
rapidly growing. Tho Tribune's offer to
new subscribers of the weekly edition
three months on trial 20 cents is still
open. It has resulted in adding many
thousand names to their subscription'list
since the announcement was first made.
For $2.15 the Tribuno and The Pkess
will be mailed to any address for one year
Send your subscriptions to this office.
as to face on Fourth stroet this weok.
Little Lina Tatman entertained a number of her little friends Monday aftornoon
in honor of her sixth birthday.
Had a great game of ball Wednesday
afternoon east side of town against west
side. Score, three innings, 19 to 9 iu favor
of oast sidev',
J. D. Newth, superintendent of tho
poor took Eli Gagner, a Hatton boy, to
Ann Arbor Thursday, there to be treated
for soro eyes.
Married, at the residence of John W.
Hampton in tho township of Sheridan, on
Saturday May 7, John B. Botkms and
Miss Sarah Hampton. Wm. Crawford,
J. P., performed tho ceremoney. The
young people havo the best wishes of
The Pbess and a largo piaolo ot  friends.
J. L. Starkweather, Pension Attorney
of Borneo, Michigan will be at the Alger
House, Olare, Thursday, Juno, 2nd 1887.
Bojectod claims a specialty. Drafted
men who served entitled to a pension.
Dependent mothers and fathers entitled
to ponsion. Call and get your pension I
increased. Ho never gives up a worthy
claim. Call and scehim. Advice free.   j2.'
Some ono who has taken tho trouble to
find out how far a farmer must walk to
put in and cultivate forty acros of corn j
says to plow tho ground with a sixteen-;
inch throe-horse plow, ho travles 359
miles ; to harrow the ground thoroughly
beforo planting he will have to travel 100
miles; to cultivr.t-it afterwards he will
travel 350 miles, making a grand total of
over 800 miles besides tbe gathering.—Ex.
LOOMIS  FOUND GUILTY.,
Full Particulars of the Celebrated
Loomis Case.
Around the County.
are bubbles iu the water as if thoro was
natural gas there. Perhaps he will enjoy a boom.   This is a booming year.
On Monday Sheriff Lavoay arrested
A. E. Webber, who is lumbering a few
miles north of here, for cruelty to animals.
He is charged with having worked a horso
that was so weak that it required a
braces to stand up.—Cleaver. The Pbess
has not learned the out come of the above
arrest but wo are loath to bolieve that
such a charge can bo maintained against
our friend Webber.
Harrison.
Last Sabbath afternoon at the residence of the Bow Threadgohl, Mr. James
Kirkpatrick was married to Miss Emma
Bobali of Flushing Mich. The brido
said sh._ would havejjbeen pleased to go
home to seo her Ma, before she was married, but could not for Jim would not
wait another day.
Last evening at 8 o'clock at the residence of the bride's par. nts, Mr. A. L.
Flewellyn was married to Miss Lottie A.
Weatherwax. The Bev. Porter of Far-
well officiating, assistad by tho Bev.
Wright, of Loomis. Thera were about
4Q guests prescn t,each ono bringing something of value to new housekeepers, nothing being duplicated. Mr. and Mrs
Flewellyn will take up their residence at
Meredith.
Local Lore.
Subscribe for the Pbess.
jSg^-Any stylo of cabinet at '?,'_ per
dozen. Cards photos SI.75 per dozen
at DeVogt's.
For Sat-E. My house and lot on
he South Side. For further particulars enquire at my store.     Wm, PI.
El-DEN.
Ben Perley Poore, whose name is
a housecold word all over the coun
try has just issued his long-looked-
for volume of reminiscences. To
the youngest generation Of newspaper men the* earliest reminiscences in
the book seem like dating back to
the Silurian period. It is probable
that the book will serve as a mine
for future correspondents from which
to secure "original" articles and
anecdotes. Thero is not a dull or uninteresting page in the book, and, no
doubt, it will enjoy a very large circulation.
lives on the north ancl south roud.
have lived on the farm ten
about some
Circuit Court convened on Monday
with Judge,.lawyers, jurors and witnesses all present. The case-of'the
People vs. Fredrick McNeil for as*
saul with intent to commit the crime
of rape was the first case called. The
case was given to tho jury Tuesday
morning; after being out about tea
miuutes they returned a verdict of
guilty of assauIt and battery.
The case of the People vs. James-
B. Loomis was next called. The
pannel was exhausted and 75 tales*
men were summoned, and then a
a jury was not obtained until ten
o'clock Wednesday morning. The*
following, are tho jurors sworn in "the*
C:\se:
Abram Shafer, Franklin.
Corey Meeker, Greenwood.
John J. McKenna, Franklin.
Aaron Lloyd, Frost.
John L. Wessoll, Frost.
Wm. McMannii-i, Franklin,
Geo, A. Spencer, Frost.
Fred Bon^I, Sommerflekl.
Bobt. McConnohie, Winterfield,,
Frank Longman, Ha..'•-..
John Smith, Franklin.
William D^vi**, Summerfield.
Wallace L.Xyou was the first witness sworn. He said: 1 am the
complaining witness; reside at Do-"
vor, 1 am acquainted,, with Mr.
Loomis; lived nbout il) rods fronr*
him win.** I lived on the farm. I
live on (bur corners and Mr. Loomis
I
yeAr-d.   I
moved ou the farm in September,
liS*>7, and the first fuss was in the
August following, I bad i\ jph oo
the road, and had a fire, when it
caught in his fence, fie calle,! ive
everything he could think or and
said he hated me the first time he
saw me.   The second fuss occurred a
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shooting
out.
At nine o'clock on the morning of
the shooting, I hitched up my team,
myself, family and Mrs. j-__igl.s
starting to go visiting. We met
Loomis; Iw said, you are going again
are you? With that he jumped in
tlie wagon, struck me on the side of
the'head and said he could put a bullet through my hearl. Then he
struck my wife, knocking off her hat.
He then jumped out of the wagon.
Mrs. I.e:.gles was frightened and also
jumped out of the wagon, but after
walking a few rods got in again. I
heard the report of a rifle, looked
around, nnd saw Loomi*. on the hiiE
and the smoke from the gun. My
horses . farted ro run. I heard a sac-
owl shot and afterwards a third shot,
when my vlA. said she was shot. I
then drove 15 or 20 rods farther and
stopped. When I was helping my
wife out of the wagon I saw Loomis
put his gun on his shoulder and
walk toward the corner. 1 examined the wagon and found that one
shot went through the wheel and one
hit the end board of the box, glanced
and went through the front"of the
wagon. This wa. the shot that hit
my wife I think. Mr. Farreli and
Mr. and Mrs. Cross and some others
helped me stop the horses.
Cross examination: I don't remember of having mort. than three fusses
with Mr, Loomis. I don't understand that he had reason to quarrel
about the hogs. I always kept my
hogs shut up and Jim didn't. I
was going to draw in some hay aud
told him to shut his up. He answered: I am going to h— as fast as I
can and shall do all I can to destroy
your property you — _
 •.   I don't  know .whether he
was mad about the hogs or something else.
The quarrel about two years ago
occurred over some colts. His barn
stood near the road. When he opened the door it opened through into
the field. They (the colts) got out
and his barn was open. Ji saw that
they were going into his field, so I
ran around his barn to head them off,
when  I met  him.   He  said,	
 , I will fix you if
you do not take care of your colts.—
After we had the second quarrel
three or four days ho crime over to
have me holn him thrash. We
neighbored after that until the last
quarrel..
Thomas James sworn:
Grant on Section 2.   ' W
I reside in
is up to Joe
Hudf oil's on the clay of the shooting'.
I went there about !) o'clock. Saw*
Mr. Lyons going east when I was returning.   Mrs. Itiegles, Mr. and Mrs.
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