1890-04-11; Clare Democrat and Press

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SEE  THIS BARGAIN IN DRESS GOODS!
\l Pieces All fool Dress Goods, in Henrietta, Sen
„i lift 30,1M 40 lies Wi, retefl
From 50 Gents, to Close Oil
The Returns From the SeuBfai
Townships of Glare 6aun? [:.
ty Show Slight Dem- v
ooratie Gains.
The Board of Supervisors will be
Composed  of Seven   Republic
cans   and    Flue    Demo- ; \
orats.   * .:.* ,
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ents.
New Zephyrs, Ginghams,   Teazle Cloths,   Gham-
,     breys and Fancy Prints Just Received,
25 Styles of Men's Summer Flannel Shirts,
Just Receivedf
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One cfoor #orth of Postoffice,
All  the Old Inhabitants now do their trading at
The Bo
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MASON
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We want you to call and see us and you will learn to like  us better
as the acquaintance increases.
Our Low Prices
and High Quality
Will create a bond of friendship which will never be broken.
We Have Studied How
io Buy the
Purest,
Choicest,
Cleanest,
Clearest,
Best,
And sell at prices which
make our goods Cheapest.
Our Large lie of Groceries and Provisions
Is always complete with the best the market afford
s.
Come and see us and we will greet you cordially.   Respectfully,
MASON & BOYD.
The Reports Somewhat Meager and Hard
to Obtain.—Bad Roads the Prop- -^.
able   Cause. ';
Monday, April 7th, was election day in.
the several townships as well as in most
of the cities of the state. Democratic'
gains in Michigan are many, and democrats are rejoicing and looking forward
to a sweeping victory in November.
The reports to the daily papers show
that the party has more than held its own
while the gains are numerous and em*,
phatic. The victory affords sufficient
glory for one day. yet the shrill notes of
the proud political chicken are frequenK
ly heard. /;-'
GRANT TOWNSHIP.   *
The elections in Grant township, -In{^
which the village of Clare is located*
passed off quietly, though the political,
race was a spirited one pn the part of
the candidates and thieir respective
friends. Democrats and republicans
worked hard for their ticket and the candidates of their political/faith. The battle was fought largely on*party lines, and
the democrats rejoice at the complete
victory oyer their opponents. There were
two tickets in the field—Democratic and
Eepublican. With the.exception of their
candidate for'justice" bf the peace the
democrats elected the entire ticketjj
which is the first victory of the party
since the organization of the township
Following -irethe.nan^cabf^'seye^
candidates, togethe_&wi#i\ ^fcyoteMifc
eeiyed.by eaeh;.thos'-&$H*e-h.i-__fcif hmni
th.e.democ^|;ae,-nQ^»Ba2:.v;;---
■ ~   - "■      H^t
".tsill probably do next spring if
is nbtmore than a  baker's dozen
The tokl yote was 135.   The re-
i>licans elected everything by   over-
5.?cai»g majorities,'ranging from 41 to
/The,  successful   candidates  are as
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ipefvisor—L. L.E.elley.
ier&-Edwin S. Hinds. *
sasurer—E. B. Campbell.
of the Peace*—D. E. W aite.
Ughway Com'r—D, W. Bo we.
Uhool Inspector—A. M. Sarranger,
.rain Gom'r—I. B. Johnson.
h Keview, 2 years—IT. M. Hinds.
"!*.■"     1 year—K.i D. Watkihs.'
>n&table—D.' W. Eowe, Jas. Eich-
>_ John G-. Brown, W. O. Mabie.
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HATES TOWNSHIP. ...     .
-township is the village of »Har-
£cpunty seat of Clare county,
kkets   *w'ere in nomination  and
^Democratic", and "Eepublican."
vote was 185. Everything went
with the exception of super-
r-ollowing is the result:
jpervisor, John Quinn, republi-
.'elected oyer P. Cory, democrat,
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ferk, Geo. E.  Cimmerer, d.  was
lover.L.D. Bight, r. by  65  maj-
|tife,asurer. Thos. W. Averill, d. was
^yerM.J. Mitchell, t. by 51 ma-
. highway   commissioner,  C. .W.
Tel:-was elected over -S. Mixter, r.
sfority.
R^fcicc of the  peace,  W. E, Al-
X Ttfas elected over W. W, Green.
l-toajority.
iqoI inspectoiyA. R.Oaiifield, cj.
$& oyer W. H. Browne* p. by 28
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sfctober board of review, 2 years,
d._; was elected over J. H. Can-
r-Zi majority.,
'1»amber board of reyiew,  I   year,
^$son, d. was elected over E.  O.
-'i${ij"51 majority.
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JTRANKLIN TOWNSHIP.
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TPor Clerk-
David Eorison, 209—94
Alfred J. Doherty, .. ..115
For Treasurer—
William A.Feighner,  184—43
EugeneH.DeVogt *. .141
For High way Commissioner—
Henry Alger.  .172—18
Carl C. Stoll^ .-.. .154
For Justice of the Peace—
William A. Crawford 143
f harles I. Bigley,  179—36
FOr School Inspector—
Joseph H. Carpenter, 172—23
Francis J. Todd, 149    ,
For Drain Commissioner—
Benjamin F. Daugherty, 172—23
Porter Eandall,  .149
For Member Bd. Eeview, 2 years—
Clark H. Sutherland,. 173—19
Henry Ort, 154
For Member Bd. Eeyiew, 1 year—1
Wallace L. Lyons,. 166— 6
Daniel -McMaster,  .160
For Constables—
Henry Df.. Brown, .185
Jonathan A.Hubel, .166
John Schoonover, 165
David Fox, (both tickets) 242
Melyin 0. Austin,. 161
Charles Lee 152
Joshua Miser 157
SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP.
In Sheridan township this spring there
was very little wrangle over the spoils of
office. There were two tickets nominated. Curtis Palmer, a bang-up good
fellow though he be a republican, headed
the "Union Ticket" and succeeded in retiring to priyate life the democratic candidate, Frank B. McLellan, who represented his town on the board last year,
and this spring headed the "Citizen's
Ticket." The total vote in the township
was 93, the official count showing the
following are the officers elect for the
ensuing year:
Supervisor—Curtis Palmer.
Clerk—Joshua Wilson.
/Treasurer—John W. Hampton.
Highway Comm'r—Allen Gerow.
.School Inspector—Mack Schunk.
Vustice of the Peace—Jos. Bulman.
Bd. Eeview. 2 years—D. E. Johnson.
" 1 year—Wm. Jerred.
SURRY TOWNSHIP,
In which the villages of Farwell and
Crooked Lake are situated, maintains its
reputation as the banner republican township of the county. There were two
tickets nominated.. The advocates of
high tariff came out boldly and placed
the word "republican" in large black
letters at the head of their ticket. The
democrats, though few in numbers, endeavored to hide their light behind a
bushel, fused with the mugwumps and
nominated a cicket which was dubbed
"TJnion Ticket." Some of the friends of
tariff reform feel a little provoked that
the party did not nominate an out-and-out
ticket and head it "Democratic," which 1a^ a late hour this morning that the entire
ith, in Franklin township'
$H.1wq tickets forjfcgblte consid-
tbe,'^Democrat" and "People's"
'; yjife, strife becalhe .interesting at
though * the election, passed of
a_M|;i)rcferty.   The total vote was
rtenlt in /some instances  was
m_$8ing." 'Elmer  Deuel  headed
focriat^ ticket, and Hugh McMil-
1 t,_the People's ticket.. Fol-
iftte of^cers elect for the', eh-
* - Cleric—GeorgVW Fanning r'"      " T .
' - Treasurer—Eichard Holihan r
Highway Comm'r—Clark Mabie r
Justice, fill vacancy—John Smith d '
Justice, full term—Fred W Powell d
Drain Comm'r—John Brown r
School Insp., 1 yr—Hugh  RIcMillan d
*   " 2 yrs—Eussell W Brown
Bd Eeview, 1 yr—Fred L Tupper
« 2 yrs— W E McDougall
Constables—Sam Dopp, Edwin Hawes,
John Sine, John Brown.
HAMILTON   TOWNSHIP.
There were three tickets in this township—Citizen's, People's and Labor. The
entire Citizen's ticket was elected. There
was 123 votes poled. Following are the
successful candidates:
Supervisor—Charles Boulter
Clerk—L M Shumway
Treasurer—A Woodmancy
Highway Comm'r—A E ISewberry
Justice, full term—F Schofield
"       fill vacancy—Ed O'Leary.
WINTERFIELD TOWNSHIP.
In the township of  Winterfield  there
was only one ticket nominated and that
was the People's ticket.   The total vote
was 24.   Following are the officers elect:
Supervisor —E W Chapin
Clerk—Miles Davis
Treasurer—John Flemming
Highway Comm'r—M N" Sherman
Justice, full t—M C Foster
"      vacancy—L H Collins
SUMMERFIELD TOWNSHIP.
The returns are not all in from Sum-
meriield tow ..ship. A very light vote
was polled here. It is safe to say that
Jonathan Green was re-elected supervisor.
GREENWOOD  TOWNSHIP.
There were two tickets in Greenwood,
the People's and Union. The entire
Union ticket was elected except treasurer and one justice. The total vote was
42, and shows the following officials
chosen for the ensuing year:
Supervisor—J A Vosburg
Clerk—J S Lambertson
Treasurer—S W Birdsall
Highway Comm'r—P P Chaffee
Justice—J W Lawrence
FROSf TOWNSHIP
•In Frost township there was only one
ticket nominated and that was an Union
ticket. Twenty-two votes were polled
and the following officers elected:
Supervisor—E 1ST Durfee
Clerk—C W Scott
Treasurer—W H Kellogg
Commissioner—E Forbes
Justice Peace—E Forbes
HATTON  TOWNSHIP,
Eefuris from this township have n©t
yet been received. A report from reliable source states, however, that John
Gordon j democrat, is re-elected supervisor.
ARTHUR  TOWNSHIP.
Report reaches the Democrat-Press
People's ticket is elected over the Citizen's ticket. Such being the case, the
following are the officers elect for the
coming year:
Supervisor—C W Pierson ff
Clerk—Wm L VanConant, jr
Treasurer—Henry C Mickle
. Highway Com'r—D W Denno
Justice, full term—W. F. Purdy.
School Inspector—John Balsley
Drain Comm'r—Wm H Wood
Bd Eeview, 2 yrs—Wm VanConant
" 1 yr—W F Purdy
Constables—Charles Waggoner, James
Hilburn, George Kanaar, James Allen.
BOARD OF  SUPERVISORS.
The board of supervisors for Glare
county will be composed of five democrats and seven republicans for the ensuing year as follows.
Arthur—Chas W Pierson rep
Franklin—Hugh McMillan, dem
Frost—E N Durfee, rep
Grant—-Jacob Mason, dem
Greenwood—Ji A. VOsburg, rep
Hamilton—Charles Boulter, dem
Hatton—John Gordon, dem
Hayes—John Quinn, rep
,   Sheridan—Curtis Palmer, rep
Surry—L. L. Kelley, rep
Summerfield—Jonathan Green, rep
Winterfield—E W Chapin, dem
VERNON TOWNSHIP
This township lies in Isabella county,
just south of Clare village. There were
two tickets—People's and Township.
Every candidate on, the latter ticket was
elected, excepting clerk, and was somewhat' of a. victory for the republicans.
iThe battle was not fought on this line,
however. The issue on which the election was contested was the Toledo, Ann
Arbor & JSTorth Michigan railroad bonds,;
and shows that a majority of the voters
in the town are in favor of their payment,
as was voted at the recent election. Petty
quarrels and 'neighborhood strife are
prevalent in this tOwnandfthe sooner the
citizens bury the hatchet and pull together for a common good, the better
'twill be for-themselves. The total yote
cast this spring was 213, four more than
was polled one year ago. The result is
as follows:
For Supervisor— •
LOran O  Burnham. Ill— 9
Lan^on Wing..,.., ;'..,. ,..102
For Clerk—
AibertC Allen    104
Ephraim Brooks .\ ..108-*- 4
For Treasurer—
.Joseph Dixon 119—26
Samuel J. Barney  .*; -93.'
fox Highway Commissioner—.; ••   ..
. Henry Gilbert... .*.;_.-.-_ _ .116—19
.Charles jNTorthon. ►,..>.".'.. v*...-' 97 '.
For JugtiGe, full ternlr--;.
■-' jJames TKirlcpaoic!
For Justice, fill vacancy—
Election Echoes.
One hundred and one) '
The weather was warm   and pleasant,
David Eorison is quite a runner himself,as his vote-for township clerk *woul_i
indicate.
•The" total vote in.Grant this spring
was 331, which i-| considered a light cast.
Last year the vote was 329; two years
ago, 269.
'Twas a truly democratic day in: this
township Monday, but on account of the
feelings of our republican friends wfe
wont display our poultry until next fall.
The Democratic watchword here this
spring is "101." If they would keep this
fact in view they could control the fylg
end of the horn.
"Oh, my!   When will successful -*can-v
didates quit buying election cigars—oi-
some dealers keep  better   goods?" remarked one gentleman.
This year there were 101 Democratic
ticl;,ets voted straight against .67 republican. Last year the count was 68 Democratic and 66 Eepublican. Two years
ago the -lemocrats were taught a lesson.
They polled only 42 straight votes while
their opponents cast 111.
The democrats at Mt. Pleasant eleeteci
the whole city ticket except collector by
a   majority  ranging  as
high
as   IIS,
James Duncan, both tickets.,. .209
.120-
. 89
31
... .112—11
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For School Inspector—
William Hodkinson...
Alfred A. Melvin	
For Drain Commissioner—
William Lynch. .114—17
Jesse Turbush. 97
For Board Eeview, 2 years—
Edwin Eussell. 	
William' Mitchell	
For Board Eeview, 1 year—
George S tough...  1J3—14
Joseph Grimason 99
The constables elected are John L.
Oliver, Charles Johnson, Ambrose Horning, James Crawford.
WISE TOWNSHIP
This town is also in Isabella county-.
in the   northeast   corner.   The polling
place isLoomis .   Two tickets were in
the.field—Eepublican   and Democratic.
The democrats are in the minority in
this town and it's only semi-occasionally
that some of the best of them succeed in
getting elected, but they have the "sand"
eyery spring to come out  square-toed
and stand by their colors.   A total of 145
were polled, resulting as follows, those
first named being the candidates ou the
Democratic ticket:
For Supervisor—
George M Quick 53
Mathew Morrison  92—39
For Clerk-
William E Williams 1118—92
David Jennings...  26
For Treasurer—
Warren W Parsell.   45
John E Goodman 100—55
For Highway Commissioner—•
Martin Derges 34
Samuel C Zeiter 111—77
For Justice, full term—
Myron B Conklin. *. 64
John Lansing  77—13
For School Inspector—
Samuel J. Jamison 92—40
John F Skyring .' 52
For Drain Commissioner—
John Presley   50
William A Forward 85—35
For Board Eeview, 2 years—
William H. Webb .48
Edgar W Allen  ..94—46
For Board Eeview, 1 year—
Orlean Hart  j 47
William Jennings 95—48 ■
For Constables—
George S. Quantz.  57
Worden Parsell 49
Lorain F Phillips 50
Charles Eeed 49
Henry Doughty  .90
John Eeed 96
George Smith, sr 94
James Phillips 81
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Michael Devereaux knocks Mayor Boyal
out by the above-majority. Xhe nexi
council will be four democrats and' two
republicans. , Democrats are jubilant.
The city changed from thirty-seven re-,
publicans last year to 100 democrats this
year.
Charley Bigley, the nominee for jus-/
tice of the peace on the republican ticket •
in this township, runs "like a steer-in the
corn." Young men .who are wide-awake
and Capable 'are in demand. 'Tis no- discredit to Mr. Crawford to tbe beaten by'
Charley. The latter's progressiyeness*
and popularity with the people in this
village where he is best-known, is. where
he gained prestage and the' vote which
elected him. *  - * .   *
J..C. Eockafellowl the republican* *<_a_i-
didate this spring,, has been the representative of Grant township on the^board
of supervisors for eight'Oonslebutive years
and with the exception;of' three or four
.years* every"'since the. .township.^was.
organized. Hehas been a careful^, painstaking andpfficieut officer^-bufc* the-'ma-.
jority of yjqters decided ,on-a ctfahge Hhis
'spripg/and 'lieywasj -laidloir  the slielf.
equally as" efficient as his predecessor^
and will transact the business of his constituents in a careful and business-like
manner.
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SUICIDES BY IAKIM KOfiFHUS.
Harry    Brubaker,     a    Prominent
Farmer of Gilmore Township,)
Shuffles of This Mortal
Coil.
An 80 acre farm in Isabella county
for sale, or exchange for stock of goods;
also, $1350 worth of Mt. Pleasant Milling Co. Stock.   Address, E. E. Wood,
37-2t. Grand Eapids, Mich.
Harry Brubaker was a prominent and
respected farmer of Gilmore township,
Isabella county, residing about S or *8
miles south of Farwell. Early last Saturday morning he went to his sugar bush
and commenced upon his day's ' work.
Things went wrong and perplexed' him,
whereupon he committed an act that undoubtedly he had premeditated for some
time. Walking ^,out into the wOods,
away from those with him he was working, he took from his pocket a quantity
of morphine, probably from 20 to 40
grains, which he swallowed and then lay
do wn at the rots of a tree. Hot' wishing
to cause his friends any more anxiety
than necessary he got up and went to the
house when he told his family what he
had done and warned them not to ayert
the result he attempted, as he was determined to die and next time would
make a sure thing of it. He had done it
this time. Before a doctor arrived he
was beyond the aid of medical help and
breathed, his last a few minutes before
noon, about four hours after haying taken
the dose. The cause of the ac. is not
known, but it is supposed to be despondency brought on by business and
financial troubles,having frequently been
heard to say that U'Twould be better if I
were dead and out of the way.
Harry Brubaker came to Michigan
from Ohio about twenty-fqut years ago
and settled in Gilmore township, where
he has since resided. He was born in
Ashland county, Ohio, July 8, 1834. and
was therefore about 56 years of age. He
leaves a widow and six childrent two * of
whom are married. He was hurried near
his home on Tuesday, the 8th. A great
company of friends and neighbors attended his funeral, the procession being
nearly one mile long.; He was a member
in good standing in the Masonic and
Odd Fellows lodges at Farwell, the later
fraternity having charge of the funeral
ceremonies.
Mr. Brubaker was above the average in
intellectual ability and was considered by
his /acquaintances as a genial, good-
hearted fellow, having few, if any,
enemies.
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