1892-03-25; Clare Democrat and Press

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BY MABVliO; EATON.
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CLARE, MICH., FRIDAT1 MARCH 25, 1892.
Official Paper for.
GITY OF CLARE.
NEW SERIES NO. 139.,
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factories and can give you      '**
- STYLISH, .
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^kt;low. prices:.. Let us sell "you
your;spring; footwear- and savef.
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FILL PAUPERS' GRAVES.
Ifta-l iudeedt .tlie X.ast BLowrs of
n__*2tu<il Mas. Casr, Whose Sins
-& Broiiglit .X_aeMi Misery.
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Special to the Democeat-Pkess.]
eath of Jim'Garr, at Meredith
fir _ and tlie still more recent
J&is'wife Maggie, close the
euftJiIv^a_^e--'of two ofthe most noted
mex^iiB bf-the demimonde in Michi-
''"^f* Thought the lives of both were
pientifi-^f*. interspersed with acts of
"^en^imnd-ai charity in the. days o|
t^JF .pi*o^«eity,'%till the evil so pr&-
4^minate^f'ii_,''thei*_.  general make-up
^ftallimfr was good was" sunk from
fht ari<i|piil only b.e called to mind.
jbhe/gi-lfait^Bookkeeper in making out
Balance sheet with these two mis-
-•ably spent Jives.  *
£fBver was romance written founded
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p^itoaginary incidents that would
's>- more-interesting entertainment
$he lover of sensationalism than
puld a written history of the extreme-
*|pli^ured career.of John. Carr. Ten
is ago, fresh from the Empire state,
a .the'prime v. of a splendid physical:
iitiood. and abundantly able to draw
chekjk for any" amount within the
pass of twice ten* thousand dollars,
Oan? landed in Clare county arid
iftediqwards .the county seat, then,
L*&^l"_iinbering center of this great dis---
i0t and the focus • of all those elements ' which pander to . the baser
passions, of manhood. Here was Jim
j&fr. in his "glory; and as proprietor pf
of,, the dirtiest dens that ever
^bj^.* .manhood "of its beauty or
iiftd-in.-'sin the souls of women, he
H^the race which ended one morn-
NFJGHBORHOOD KOTE§.
At Lake City the democrats elected
every officer.
.A large number of cases of measles
and diphtheria are reported at Dorr.
Miss Foster, of Saginaw, is teaching
a class of thirty young people at Mid-
laild how to dance prettily.
The F. & P. M. road offers.to construct
a-park hear the depot at Saginaw, if the
city will pay for a fountain. "  "
Midland sports gave a cock fight one
evening recently in which several birds
were killed—and the moralists of the
city were terribly shocked. - -
Midland has a spur- of the Michigan
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Central railroad extending from West
"TJay City, but' are hot happy because the
.company does  not  erect a passenger
depot and freight house.
The spring styles of elopements differ radically from the coachman variety, so popular for several seasons. A"
Birmingham, Mich., girl has set. the
fashion by eloping with a negro farm
hand.
Midland county plum trees have been
attacked by the "black knot," a disease
which first appeared in Columbia
county, N. Y., nearly half a century ago
anddestroyed all the plum trees inthe_»
county.
M. H. Stanford, who has been a citizen of Midland for about twenty years
and an attorney' in the front rank, has
about completed preparations vfor removal to Duluth, where the prospects"
for successful business in his line- are
excellent. ■
The notorious Free Methodist preacher, Witham, whose misdeeds with a frail
ewe lamb of his flock over in southern
_•*"_.-*-'_•*_._.    -1    __.    __ Isabella county a few months ago.caused
last, rweek m the death of a paupesX, . .        ,.     ,,    . , .
                                >1k_--^Z   him serious trouble, is now seeking a
divorce from his wife in the Kent county circuit court. .
Lahsingville people feel seriously
grieved because. Postmaster-General
Wanamaker has not regarded their petition for  a" postoffice 'ere-this;, and
id  the ,-grave  prepared by charity.
he beginning promised a harvest of
psesi- the end realized the withered
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jtals-of an.utterly wasted life. '.In-a
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fire was out, and the poor sot who had
volunteered as nurse was lying ih a
drunken stupor on the floor. B etween
them the cold, cracked and broken
istove; above them the bleak and blackened rafters of the miserable hovel,
and all ground them the frosty cheer-
lessness of a bitter night. The. hour
hand of a watch—a cheap affair, loaned
tothe drunken brute on the floor to
time the giving of medicine to his
patients, pointed to the hour of three
o'clock.   The figure of the man" under
the old rag carpet stirred and a moaiy^-
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issued from the pallet of straw. "Mag!
Mag! I am going I think. Are you
there Mag? Oh, this cursed band
around my neck! Take it off! Take it
off!" wailed the poor wretch, already in
the last scene of the last act of his
tragedy of life. "Oh, Jim! Oh, God!
Oh, Jim!" moaned poor Mag from the
litter of rags and dirt on her side of
the fireless stove, "I can't move a hand
to help you Jim. I am so weak and the
whisky is all gone. That d d heathen on the floor found the bottle and
swilled it all down his d d throat.
jOh Jim, I am so weak! I am dying too,
I know I am! Oh Jim, can't we pray!
God help us, we have been all wrong!
Give us a show, give us a chance! Oh
help me, somebody—   Help
It was four o'clock,
wind had increased in  violence   and
|tljBf."cold, eight T;)y ten lumber shanty
jfton* the*4o]srgii!-g railroad south of
ffef-edlthy. Jim Carr and-Maggie, his  ,, . ,   ■*-  ,   ,,:.!,;• ■       .,, ; , .,
1 '_   • __-.    *    rr,;_        *' __'i .^-iAink probably ..they: will have to wait
.8, lay dying.   The one on a pallet or    ^-i.-.■ /     *,   i.   „      •-, ,. t,.
uhtil he gets his free delivery machine
in running order.^ ,   . '    " :     ) ■
Indiaii Commissioner Mprgaii "gives
until Mai-ch 26 lo„ receive, bids for the
CONE BUT NOT«FOR_:aOTTET«,
M. __.. A*very, r.ate l^stntor^L oftlie
Stevens   Hoase^   _t,eaves?   Siitl-
eSeniy Wirtiawt BleltiLMSsr liis
jHunterbtts'C-i-esllfors Adeaa. '
About the middle of last November
M. E. Avery leased the- Stevens Hotel'
and furniture, hear-the union depot in.
this city, took possession .and became
its landlord.   Previous to that date he .
canvassed this' section of the state." for
"about six months or a year as agent for.
a SaginaV music house, and if "he1 had .
continued in -that capacity, he would :
undoubtedly . have -. been,   saved. "the
humiliating episode of an iincereihon- ■
ious departure from our .beautiful lit- *
tie city andiihe"I.ought.t6'.beki■iked-i^;
.feeling that rankles in- the "breasts *of
some of our merchants.   ' *
The hotel hasJenjoyed a.good'.patron-
age  ever since.it  came under Avery
management, but the outcome:" shows
that he .had tackled a business which'
he did not understand how to manage
successfully.   Every day he" condueijed.
the hotel he seemed to become.ihvblv.ed
deeper in debt and bis inability Ho. col-
lect his board, bills, especially .from,
some of the railroad men "who stopped'
.with him, only made his case more ag- '.
gravating.   His creditors were- pushing
him for their pay until life was made .
almost  unbearable.   He undoubtedly
has several hundred dollars in unpaid; ;
board bills on, his books, which, if. he
had been given time and couldShav^
collected,    would   more   than.. -have"
straightened him mth the world.:       .*.-
Dui:ing the past few days he Mabefeii:
at  Owosso  collecting what bills .-!_&..
-could from T. & A. A* employes who
owed  him. for board.   His v^ife had:
been busy in the meantime paclp.ng.up
their. personal   effects  and  shipping
them away.   Yesterday he "returned to
Clare and last night both!- boarded the
11 o'clock south bound T. &, A. A.: train
for parts unkiiown-i   One of the boarders  who seems to know whereof,' he.
speaksvthin__!s that Avery;".had..iii tjhe
neighborhood .of .$2150 or* feop when 'ha&
left.   It is thought that H;]Ueir ^._3Le9tii-a-
tioiiis'.^che.stei\?N_YV   -V   ■   '- v   •'-■"*■■
Pleasant. Plans and specifications are
on file at the office of the. Builders' Exchange, St. PauL Minn., and the American Contractor, Chicago.
J. Koster of Vogel Center has purchased the American House in Marion
and taken possession. A. J. Jones,
-^igrmer proprietor of the American, has
reopened his grocery. Tlie Marion
Dramatic Club will present "The Poor-
house Girl" in Hannon's opera house,
March 25, for the benefit of the Marion
cornet band. -   -
That can be
Found in the
the City of Clare.
We sell more Groceries, by One-
Half more, than any Firm in
this City, and are enabled by
this fact to always keep our
Goods NEW and CLEAN.
Main Street,
Clare, Mieh."
Mason & Boyd
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driven the snow through the chinks in
the gables until it had covered the
motionless form under the old rag car-'
pet, giving it the appearance of being
in a snow white winding sheet. The
door opened with a creaking, grating
sound and the young village physician
accompanied by a Justice with his lantern entered the house of death. Passing quickly over the still unconscious
drunkard on the floor, the doctor pulled down the old ragged bit of carpet
and turned the light full into the sightless eyes. Then his hand went to the"
breast of the old dirty shirt.
Been dead for half an hour, John,
and the other is only just alive. Build
a fire and thaw her out while I go and
awaken the authorities. They have a
duty to perform here now, for the town
or his friends, if he has any, must
"Battle his bones
Over the stones,
For he's only a pauper
Whom nobody owns."
Meredith, March 21,1892.
Caucus*
TOWNSHIP OF GEANT.
A union caucus will be held at-Dover
Saturday, March 26th, at 2 p. m., for the
purpose of nominating township officers
to be elected at the coming spring election for the township of Grant.
By Order of Com.
Wood! Wood!
, Good maple wood delivered for $1.25
per cord, any quantity,: Leave order
with Sterns' bus driver, or at hotel office.    .   • C.W. Sterns.
An Erring Divine.
Midland Republican:
Eev. Geo. Swift and Mrs. Ella Gilman
(wife of David Gilman) were arrested at
Meredith the 14th, charged with adultery on complaint of Mr. Gilman. They
had. been gone from Midland about two
weeks. When arrested they were found,
it is stated, occupying the same room,
which was locked. They were arrested
by officers there and Deputy LeMay
went up for them Monday. Swift has
a wife and child at Midland, the latter,
a little-boy, being very sick, and likely
to die. They are in poor circumstances.
Mr. Gilman lives a short distance from
Midland. When the officer returned
with the romantic pair Monday they
had quite a reception at'the train, but
not an especially flattering one. A
band (but not of music) escorted them
to Justice Pairchild's office, where they
Jwere arraigned and the 23rd named for
The piercing" examination. Bail-was required in the
sum of 8500 each, but as it was not furnished, apartments (separate) were provided at the county boarding house.
Mr. £.wift is said to be connected with
the United Brethren, and at one time
lived in the Pine river region a few
miles from Midland.
Another item in the Bepub lican, which
probably.refers to the same Gilman,
shows that he Is not playing in the best
of luck these days:
David .Gilman's house, about two
miles from Midland was burned down
about 2 o'clock Tuesday morning. The
fire caught where the stove pipe went
through the floor, although there was a
tin ventilator around the pipe. The
larger part of the furniture was saved,
but not all. There was $300 insurance.
Mr. Gilman says the plastering was falling when he awakened.   .
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Republican Caucus.
TOWNSHIP OF GEANT.
A republican caucus will be held at
the school house at Dover on Monday,
March 28th, 1892, at 1 o'clock p. m., for
the purpose of placing in nomination
candidates for the various township offices and for the transaction of such
other business as shall come before the
meeting. By Order of Com.
Attention, Farmers.
The celebrated stallion Premus, formerly owned by A. M. Ervey, of Clare,
will make the season ,of 1892 in Clare
commencing April 10.
A. M. Ervey.
Department of Public'Instruction^ T -'-
"Lansing, Mich., 1892.**   ] " '
The State Teachers'' Institute *^for
Ciare county will be held at .Harrisoii
commencing at 10 o'clock a. ni_, Monday, April 11, and closing at _tp. m.,
Friday, April 15th. Com. H. M. Roys,
Farwell, local committee. .
The value of the instruction received
at these institutes is being very generally recognized by teachers and school
officers. As a rule, it has been the experience of county examiners and other examining officers, that the most
successful teachers are those who have
availed themselves of the normal instruction offered by these local insti-"
tutes.
The daily sessions of the institute for
this year will, as heretofore, be devoted
exclusively to topics of special interest
to teachers, presented by persons of .extended practical experience as teachers, and who have made a special study
of institute work.. The evening lectures
will be of a popular character.
The institute law allows teachers,
whose schools are in session at the time
appointed for the county institute, held
under the direction of the state superintendent, to'close their schools during
the continuance of such institute with-
o
out forfeiting their wages for-as many
half-days as they are in attendance at
the institute. This provision of law,.
and the fact that there will be no enrollment or tuition fee exacted, should,
insure the attendance of every, teacher
in the county who possesses the true
professional spirit.
' Full particulars in regard to board,
etc., maybe obtained upon application,
to the local committee.
Ferris S. Fitch,
Sup't of "Public Instruction.
House and Lot for Saie.
Situated on west 3rd street, just back
of Brown's barber shop. Will be sold
at a bargain. *Apply to Wm. Munns,
or to Chas.J. Bigley, Agt. 137
Box Social.   ;
A "Box Social" was held in the Sheridan neighborhood on the evening of.
March 21st, for the benefit of the Rev.
J. H. Lowe, and was a grand successs.  -
The entertainment was opened by sing- -
ing and prayer, after which the pastor'
gave a  short  address.   Then George
Shank' sold the boxes, and did the job.
up creditably.   The people became enthusiastic, and the sale of the boxes
went up to from $1.00 to $5.00.   The receipts of the sale amounting to $74.00. .
The success of the entertainment  is .
due largely to Messrs. John and Joe
Bui man.   After the sale of boxes everybody was anxious to know whose name
was in the box.   The evening's entertainment passed off and everybody war
elated over the wonderful success...
Pasfcor Lowe wishes to jbender hh
thanks to the many friends for theii
kindness in getting up the social.
Silk ties .and handkerchiefs f or-ladies
at Mason & Storey's. ;