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CLARfc MICE, -FPBAf. APRIL i, -8q2.
Official Paper for
CITY OF OLARE,
NEW SERIES NO. i_
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hy are Featherbone
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1st. They Fit Better.
Form.
2d. They Wear Better
3d. They are Better
4th. Are More Comfortable.
5th. They are. Cheaper.   -
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We now have a complete line of Men's,
Women's and Children's Footwear;
* ;We'buy our Shoes from the
factories'-and ean give you
.STYLISH,    '
COMFORTABLE,
PERFECT FITTING
at low prieeg.   ;Letus sell you
'_ your spring*"footwear and save
you money.
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GOODS,   "
FINE SHOES,
KIRKBRIDE
V[AS0N & BOYD
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Carry the Largest
and Best Selected
Stock of
AND
STAPLE
FANCY
That can he
Found-iii 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.
Mason & Boyd
Main Street,
Clare, Mieh.
NEWS AND NOTES.
Various xtems of- _€___.te_resi Krs>____t
"iraxio-as Sources.
';. "April fooll" ■
'Begister tomorrow.
Jf^vQ you registered?
■ 'Bbads are drying rapidly.
: -'A. .J. Doherty, Saginaw, today.
--AJBout two weeks,more of Lent.
.' Beware of the "April fool" today.
'. Pjull line * of embroidery at Garter's
■iBa?_kiar. .
^Childrens1" knee pants, 25 cents, at
rWoi?ky's. .
.■-March marched forth Jike a lamb
.ye_prda;fr,
^£sp'e ojaly for honest and competent
c^ifKciates.
.cial sale of dress goods next week
at.?#plsky's.
nship and city elections occur
ne3if Monday.
Isky'has -just, received a new stock
goods.
%. Stickle was doing business at
ESviftfyesterday.
aew line of millinery just received
at-^ferter's Bazaar.
s. C. BurSt, of Saginaw, is visiting
jfts. in this city,
.es L. Welch was at Saginaw yes-
teiialiy on business.
Glare schools close today for a
t^^-Pse-sks' vacation.
ew line of ladies5 spring jackets
juj^received at Wolsky's.
,at Carter's Bazaar and see the
^bargains in millinery.
'Snowden,   of Goleman,  was a
viJkBQi at Clare Wednesday.
e3 new rag carpet for sale cheap.
F4______tta,ticulars .nquire at this office.
ember Wolsky's prices are lowes?i
ny other merchant's in the ol^t
iscount of 15 per cent on* all dja^*
will-.begin at Wbls#-^More*nex%'
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t      *s-    '    ',*:-• :~**ir!.-*- &
sajfi weather *and considei;ab'le
!.e sugar -and syrup i_> nov/' being
§ singing of birds can be heard at
jht*and is a reminder that spring
Fred W. Powell3 principal of the Meredith schools, justice of the peace, etc.,
was in the city last Saturday afternoon
on business, and during his stay favored the Democeat-Peess with a pleasant
call.
F. B. Jackson, who has been employed on the Democea^Peess for the past
few weeks, went to Saginaw Tuesday to
accept his old position on ihe Evening
News. Mrs. Jackeon will depart tomorrow for that city.
The Calkins House has a neat, new
covered bus for the accommodation of its guests—quite an improvement over the old affair. Mr. Calkins
has also purchased a' fine team and now
furnishes his own driver.
The Gaston Gazette of last week says:
"R H. Jenney, superintendent of the
XJnionlron Go's, coal kilns at this place
and Yuma, is in town this week. Mr.
Jenney left just $4,000 at the above two
places on this monthly trip.
Those who witnessed Frank Tucker's
Minstrels at Doherty opera-house on
Tuesday evening were happily surprised. The entertainment was refined
'and first-class in every particular and
maintains Tucker's * reputation as a
-showman. -
The Sackett-Kenzie theatre company,
which held forth at the time of the
opening of Doherty operahouse in this
city a little more than a year ago, and
gave such excellent • satisfaction, are
billed to appeart^ere for three nights
next week—Thursday, "Friday and Saturday.
Frank Alger, proprietor of the Glare
bottling works, is outmthafine new
rig—horse, harness and wagon. The
yehiclo is a present from the brewing
--•^ipany ^wi^y^-yhe represents,  being
\h%lj pain&ftMJfd lettered, the sides of
e-'box be,tirilag„*he. words, "Pabst Mil-
Tranikee Beem&JK-   * ■ ...
', ^.Missis"Bh.<^*Mills, and Miss Cassia
Peterson, wnorhave been attending
Alma college, Tjjfere in- Clare over - Sunday, guests of Misses Edna Elden and
May BickneJ^;'|^t'hey 'departed Wednesday for tE*«_qf_ home-, in the upper
Notice.—Beware of the beggar woman who is going around the town begging, in accents mute, for money. She
has her tale of woe written out on paper, telling of a poor distressed father
and mother at home; is deaf and dumb,
and almost blind; but we say, beware,
she is a fraud.-
"Wednesday was the 55th birthday of
Mrs. A. W. Mclntyre and the occasiop.
was made an enjoyable event which she
will long remember.,  She enjoyed the -
company of her family during the day—
her daughters making her a present of
a beautiful rocMng-chair.   In the &v&n*-
ing, members of the Bebekah Lodge to
the number of about thirty, surprised .
her with a visit, bringing another Mnd-
some rocMng. chair." All enjoyed a very
pleasant evening and expressed hopes
that Mrs. Mclntyre might enjoy rest"
from her two valuable presents* during.,
the remainder of her 'days.
A. J. Doherty, Chas. I. Bigley, "WilL- „
Goodman, J. FfTatman and'David'Mc- *
Phall were at Harrison yesterday in at- •
tendance at the republican county'c'oii-
vention, at which the following com:-' ,.
mittees were elected: Tothe state-co__l-
vention at Detroit on April * 14th, W.-'H.  '
Browne, W. W. Green and H„ M". Eoys.-
To   the   congressional   convention" at
Eeed City on April 13th, D. E. Alward,"
Geo. W. Graham and Geo. J. Cummins.
A county  committee, with auxilaries-
from the several  townships, was appointed.-  A. J. Doherty, of • Clare, was'
re-elected chairman for.  another   two
years.   Geo, J. Cummins, of Harrison,'
was made secretary. ' *
As. Mr. and Mrs. Eaton were going:.,
down town the other day, they overheard Mr, Chase teUing/his wife that,,
he heard Mrs. Marshall say that she.
told Mr. Marshall that Mrs. Doherty
said that Mr. Calkins told that Mrs-.
Perry said that June Boss told her that- -
Miss York-said Mr. Kirkbiide heard"
Mrs, Elden tell Mr. Olds that Mrs. Gar- '
land said that Mr. O'Donald- -told' -Ms- -*
wife that Mr. Mussell'-said he "h^_rd '.
Mrs. Schilling   say that Mr. Doher^r;_
told- her that he heard Clark Suther-*^"-.
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•'t_^Jhot*feii/tO riSg*__ster-to-*cx6r^g^if
you desire to vote on the following
Monday. . *       ■      .
' David Wolsky, of Saginaw, has been
yisiting with young friends in this city
the past week.
Giberson & Curtis' furniture business
is bo.oming. Light expenses and low
prices does the work.
Misses Smith and Clark will spend
the school vacation visiting with their
parents at Grass Lake.
v David.- Johnson, of Sheridan township, is at Hersey this week, summoned
by news of the illness of his sister.
A good deal of sunshine and a good
deal of rain will alternate in the formation of the weather for the next month.
Ed. Miller's little daughter, on west
7th street, had one of her hands badly
injured yesterday by a window falling
upon it.
. Misses York and Weeks, teachers in
the city school, go to Mendon this afternoon for a ten days'visit with friends
during the vacation.
W. L. Lyons,' of Dover, and Curtis
Palmer, of Sheridan, were at Harrison
yesterday to get their election supplies
from the county clerk. -
Mrs. Geo. A. Graves, of St. Louis, was
in the city Tuesday and Wednesday
visiting relatives and looking after her
business interests here.
Frank Towns, book-keeper* for Mc-
Dougall & Hallihan at Meredith, was in
the city Monday afternoon and made
the Demooeat-Peess a pleasant visit.
Married, Mr. Frank Badgley and Miss
Phoebe Goodenow, at the residence of
the bride's parents, Clare, Mich., March
30th, 1892, Eev. L. L. Tower officiating.
Dr. Todd has placed his order for a
"Eambler," with .pneumatic tire, and
when it arrives he will be the possessor
of one of the best bicycles in northern
Michigan.
Mr. and Mrs. David Eorison desire to
express their appreciation and thanks
for the many kind words and deeds in
their behalf during their recent bereavement.
Edgar Welch and Lucius Converse
were at Grand Eapids Tuesday* and
Wednesday as delegates from Clare to
the state convention of the Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor.
Miss Edna Elden came home from
Alma college last Friday to spend vacation with her parents. She will return
next Tuesday.
Word has just been received, at Clare
that James Welton, alias "Protestant
Jimmy," committed suicide this morning by hanging at the Gedar Dam mill.
^ John Dwyer, of this city, and Miss
Viola Eaymondj whose home is near
CalMnsville, were united in marriage
last evening by Justice Mclntyre,- the
I ceremony taking place in the parlors of
the Central Hotel. In the language of
the poet, "Here's to .them and their's,
and may they live long and prosper."
jaeninsula-to "vislfc-.witk.tjxeb.:-p"arents for
^.siUie_*^-|k.
studies next Tuesday at Alma.
""* County Clerk Eichmond desires the
Demooeat-Peess to state 'that if the
aliens of this vicinity, who wish to declare their intention of becoming citizens of the United States and to vo|.e
at the election next November, will appoint a date any time previous to the
8th day of May, he will come to Clare
and administer the required oath.
Mrs. Chester Bates, of Sheridan township, hitched up a three-year-old colt
and drove to the city yesterday. In the
afternoon she started for home and
when near the north end of Main stteet
the horse became frightened, commenced to kick and run, tipping over the
cart and throwing her out. Mrs. Bates
was quite badly though not seriously
hurt.
Prosecuting Attorney Burritt, of
Harrison, is in Clare today hobbling
around with the aid of a pair of crutches, looking after business and visiting
with friends. It is his first visit to the
city since about five or six weeks ago, at
which time he met with the accident
that broke his leg. He is just as jovial
as ever and suffers the misfortune as a
matter of course,
Saturday evening about 8:30 o'clock
Eosa Smith, an inmate of a dance house
at Meredith,deliberately shot Benjamin
Villeneuve while he was passing along
Main street. She was at once arrested
and committed to the county jail. The
bullet struck Villeneuve in the mouth
and knocked out three teeth, but did no
further damage otherwise than to scare
him and the crowd. The cause is not
fully known, but it was probably a love
affair.
Postmaster S. C, Kirkbride departed
Wednesday afternoon for the East, to
be absent a week or ten days on business and pleasure. He will stop at
Detroit a couple of days to purchase
new goods. From there he will go- to
Philadelphia, N. Y., to join Mrs. Kirkbride, who has been visiting there for
the past three or four weeks, and to be
present at the celebration of the golden
wedding of her parents. From there
Mr. ahb Mrs. Kirkbride will go to Boston, Mass., returning home to Clare j
after a few days stay.
Mrs. Joseph Hudson and Eli Cfoss,
of Dover j departed on the early T. & A.
A. train yesterday morning for Portland, Mich., having received news of
the death of their mother. Mr. Hud-
sou, unable to getaway in the morning,
took a train later in the day for Portland. They had returned from there
only a few days before, summoned on
tbe previous occasion to pay tribute to
the last sad rites of their father. 'Tis
a sad occurance, indeed^ that both father! and mother should be called from
thleir earthly home within one short
m'onth.     . .    -
land telling a gentleman froip. Saginartsr- ■'
j-bat-all. theiadies ih towri'h'a_t-p?it•IQiSijt.'? -
apiece, for the purpose of building ari
addition on to the Congregational
church—and by the- way they were
hustling around selling peanuts, popcorn, bananas, oranges, blacking boots,
and a million other things that women,
were never known to do before, he
thought they would have the required-
price in a short time.
SCHOOL NOTES.
mas: school.
[Written by Moyd Kane andOtho Sutherland.}.
Prof. Palmer has not yet returned.
School closes Friday for a two weeTss'
vacation.   . -
One new scholar in room C Monday
morning.
The boys are enjoying foot ball these
pleasant days. _ .
Monthly reviews and examinations inmost of the rooms this week.
"Education is a better safeguard of
liberty than a standing army."
Eevs. Field and Westlake made us a
short call Wednesday afternoon.
The flag was on the  staff Tuesday,
celebrating the capture of Vera Cruz.-
Mesdames Levington, Garland  aiiot
O'Donald visited the lower grades this- '
week.
Several of the patrons came to view
the school building   one night - after "
school.
Misses Smith, Weeks, Clark and York
will spend vacation at their homes io.
the southern part of the state.
eoom a. •
Number enrolled in the first primary
for the month ending March 25th,. 62.
Average attendance, -19. ' Number   obl
honor roll, 22.*
Lottise York..
ROOM B.
The following have left' off head the-
greatest number of times in the .spelling classes of second primary, for the*
past month: A class, George Archafti-
boult, and Gertie Bollen; B class, Lee
Dean; C class, Charley Eberhart, Euiri-
ciaHubel, and Pearl Hubel.
Mis£ Clabk.,
EOOM O.
Eeport of room C for the month enduing March 25th:   Number enrolled*, 70.
Number   belonging, " 62.   Average at*-
* tendance, <±9.   Number on honor roll,
15.   Per cent of attendance, 94.
. Euceba Hall.,
EOOM D. •
Eeport  for  the  month  of  Marclu
Number enrolled, 67.   dumber belong-.
ing, 53.   Average attendance, 49.   Per
pent of attendance, 99.   We - had four.
eases   of trdiness during the  month..
There were twenty-five -pupils neither
absent or tardy during the month.   Wft >
earnestly ask the hearty co-^peratixwci
of the parents, that we may make tba
report for April a better one.   The D
room gets the banner this month far
haying .had the least absence and tar--
diness.
Dora K Looms.
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