1894-12-28; Clare Sentinel and the Democrat-Press

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TO THE PUBLIC.
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Two years ago, on the second day of
December, 1892, the Sentinel made
its how, and solicited public approval
and support. Today we doff our cap
. again, to thank the public for the
handsome manner in which it has
treated the paper during those two
years, and, encouraged by the past", to
ask still greater favors in the enlarged
field into which the SwsnmsEL with
this issue enters.
a It is well understood locally, and
•5 soon will be in all homes where the
Senttnel's visits are welcomed, that
the proprietors of this paper, Palmer
& Jeffries, have recently purchased all
rights, titles and interests in the business and publication of the Clare
Democrat-Press, heretofore conducted
by M. D. Eaton, and after and including this date will publish both papers
in one under the name of The Clabe
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SENTmEii and Democrat-Press.
It would not become us at this time
to make great promises for the future.
The general sentiment on all sides is
that Glare furnishes a good field for
one paper. To occupy that field fully
and acceptably will be our ambition.
Doubtless it will take us some time
to adjust ourselves to the increased
responsibility incurred, meanwhile we
crave the indulgence of a charitable
public.
We can not conclude without paying
a merited compliment lo the former
editor and owner of the Democrat-
Press. He has the true spirit of a
newspaper .man, with a keen scent for
-news, and possesses a facile pen, not
unfre_uently tipped with fire. He had
in ten years worked up a five-column
-folio into one of the brightest and
newsiest six-column quartos in the
state; He possesses those instinctive
X*U .journalistic' traits that are not likely
to allow him to stay long out of the
field.
Notices to subscribers and advertisers will be found elsewhere in this issue. ^Respectfully,
KB. Palmer.
B. a. Jeffeibs.
To Oar Advertisers.
We call the attention of our advertisers to the increase- value of this
paper to them as an advertising medium. The Sento-tel and Democrat-
Press (consolidated) combines the
former circulation- of both the Sentt-
jkel and the Democrat and Press.
This issue(Dec28)_"umbers 1,200 copies.
"We are ready at any time to- make affidavit as to the circulation of the
paper, and the •subscription   lists are
open1 to inspection.
Besp'y,
Palmer & Jeffries .
FASHION NOTES.
Hats are large.
"A.short woman should never wear
an all black hat.
Cashmere is once more fashionable.
Stout ladies will be delighted with
the new-French basque waist.
y The round waist, so much in vogue,
-% js not becoming to elderly ladies.
An evening waist of accordian plated
white chiffon, may have sleeves, Collar
and girdle of white satin or silk.
Paris fashions say the latest thing in
veils, is a sprawly web of black and
green caterpillars.
Detachable collars are beautiful and
practical novelties in neck wear. Collars may match the dress, but the* most
charming models are real black or
white lace, trimmed with swallows
wing bows of white or black satin.
The new style of garniture called
stencilling is very beautiful, but can
only be done by a professional.
Skirts are fuller.    The stylish skirt
measures from four to six yards at the
bottom.
The balayense is only used on. train
skirts.
Many of the new skirts are interlined to the knees across the front and
sides and to the waist atthe back.
Black dresses are trimmed with
ruches of the material lined with colored silk or satin.
Moire sleeves areUsed for dresses of
nearly every material from mull to
velvet.   The effect is charming.
Elbow sleeves are once more fashionable for evening wear, and much
ruffled under-sleeves may be worn with
them.   And of course long gloves.
SUICIDED I
Mrs. W. B. Rosevear ends
her life with a Revolver.
The Deed was Done in a  fit   of
Mental Derangement, Sunday,
At the home of her Sister, Mrs. B.
F. Kramer, in this City.
About twenty-three years ago, when
about sixteen years of age, Mrs. W. B.
Eosevear, then a girl at home with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Allen,
had a very dangerous illness, as a result of which her mind was much affected, to such an extent, indeed, that
at times she became violently deranged. For long intervals since then
the incubus of insanity has been lifted, so that her friends had hoped for
her ultimate recovery. During these
periods she had a great horror of being
taken to an asylum, so that when the
.periods of mental obscurity came on
they had taken the best care possible
under the circumstances, hoping that
it might not be necessary to place her
in an asylum. It was during one of
her fits of violent derangement that
she took her own life.
About seven years ago she was married to W. B. Eosevear and they made
their home in Saginaw. About two
years ago they moved to North Carolina, where, at Ashville, Mr. Eosevear
has charge of some lumber mills. During the past summer Mrs. Eosevear
became anxious to visit relatives in
this vicinity, and eame to Clare, accompanied by her husband, who returned south with the intention of
disposing of his interests and .coming
north to live, where she might be nearer her parents, arrangements having
been made to settle at Bad Ax», this
state.
Mrs Eosevear for the past few
months had been visiting relatives
in and near Clare. Sunday she was at
the home of her sister, Mrs B. F.
Kramer on sixth street,this city. Some
time after ten o'clock in the morning,
while Mrs Kramer was preparing to
attend church, Mrs. Eosevear was
handling a revolver, a 32 caliber Smith.
Mrs. Kramer requested her to put it
away before someone was hurt with
the weapon. Shortly afterward Mrs.
Eosevear passed into a bedroom and
soon a report from the revolver was
heard. Mrs. Kramer hurried m to find
her sister kneeling by the bed with
her head laying on the bed and the
revolver neai at hand Being badly
frighteod Mrs. Kramer ran out of the
house to obtain help. Mr. Eobinson,
a neighbor, and his wife came at the
call and lifted the prostrate form upon
the bed.   Life was soon extinct.
J. H. Carpenter, coroner, was summoned, who speedily empaneled a
jury. An examination showed that
the ball had entered the head fairly at
the temple. All the circumstances of
the case were such that the jury found
in their verdict that the deceased
came to her death by a revolver in her
oun hands, used with suicidal intent
while in a state of mental derangement.      *
The funeral was held at the house,
Wednesday, and on Thursday the remains were taken to Saginaw, accompanied by the bereaved husband and
many friends.
There were present at the funeral
from abroad, Mrs. Ames of Cincinati,
and Mrs. Presley of Lansing, sisters of
the deceased, and H. B, Allen, a brother, of Saginaw. Besides these and
her sister, Mrs. Kramer, already mentioned she leaves two brothers,
Herbert and Dewey. Her parents also
are both living, two small children
survive her. Mr. Eosevear's mother
and sister of Saginaw were among
those present at the funeral.
Masonic  Installation.
The members of John Q. Look lodge,
No. 404, F. & A. M., had on enjoyable
meeting last night, the occasion being
the installation of the officers for the
ensuing year. A. W. Mclntyre, P. M.
conducted the installation, assisted by
Wm. A. Goodman. The" new' officers
are:
W. M.—Bobert M. Mussell.
S. W.—C. P. Louch.
J. W.—James S. Boyd.
Treasurer—Arthur W. Mclntyre.
Secretary—-J. C. Eockafellow.
S. D.—S. 0. Kirkbride.
J. D—Bud Wing.
S. S.—Frank Colburn and C. H.
O'Donald.
Tyler—James Louch.
After the installation, remarks were
made by many of the brothers and all
commented on the great prosperity of
the lodge, predicting even greater
good to be accomplished in the-year to
come.
Fire In Loomis.
(From our regular correspondent.)
Thursday morning about 6:30 an explosion occurred in the store .of J. D.
Eumberger which shook the houses
near by and awakened all Loomisites
who were not awake and immediately
flames burst out of the front of the
store. James Ostrander lives up over
the store and owns the building, but
as they were out of town for the winter
an attempt was made to gain an entrance so as to save their household
goods, but were driven back by the
dense smoke. The attention of the
crowd was directed to the saving of the
store of J. E. Goodman and the residence of M. B. Conklin, just across the
street. Although a stiff gale was
flowing in that direction, the store and
house were saved with little difficulty.
J. D. Eumberger lost everything but
two barrels of kerosene oil and four
barrels of salt. He estimates the loss
at $11C0 and insured for $650. Mr.
Ostrander, sad to say, loses all—estimated at $600 and only carried an insurance of $100 to cover a mortgage.
This is a hard blow indeed for bothof
our worthy townsmen, especially the
aged couple, Mr. and Mrs. Ostrander.
The Education of the Blind.
The Midland Eepublican of Dec. 7.
says:
"Samples of cookies and biscuit made
by the blind can be seen at the Eepublican office. These samples are from
some that were taken Tuesday from
the school for the blind (at Lansing)
to Adrian for exhibition in connection
with the convention of the state board
of corrections and charities. A hammock and various samples of needle
work made by children of the school,
were exhibhited, also a book of raised
point letter (Braille) which was stereotyped and printed at the school, and
best of all, four of the children were
there, two girls and two boys, who read
from the books and stereotypes with
their fingers, played the piano, sang,
wrote Braile from dictation, gave recitations, etc., arousing great interest
in those who saw and heard them.
They were under the immeadiate care
of Supt. Church and a lady teacher and
remained through the entire convention, also visiting the Industrial home
for girls. The children enjoyed the
change from school routine immensely
and sat with great patience through
the long sessions, in which some most
valuable papers and - discussions were
given.
Hon. L. C. Storrs, Secretary of qthe
State Board of Corrections and Charities says that the school for the Blind
was never in better condition than
now.
This school is a state institution and
is located at Lansing. Blind children
are boarded and taught free of charge.
Further information may be obtained
by addressing the Superintendent of
the school for the Blind, Lansing,
Mich.
Any person knowing of a blind child,
or one so nearly blind as to be unable
to learn in the public schools, should
encourage the parents or guadian to
have such child sent to the school at
Lansing.
To Subscribers.
In purchasing the business of the
Democrat and Press, the undersigned
bought also the subscription list and
subscription accounts, and all arrearages are due to them on both" papers.
Subscribers should examine the label
on the outside of this paper and see to
what date they are credited. Notify
us at once of any apparent errors.
Persons who have been subscribers
to both papers will receive but* one
copy now. All subscriptions to either
paper will continue to be filled by the
Sentinel and Democrat-Press (consolidated.) Eespectfully,
Palmer & Jeffries.
JANUARY
Clearin
Advertised Letters.
Unclaimed letters remaining in the
Clare post office for the week ending
December 22, '94. Persons calling for
same will please say, "Advertised:"
E. J. Beyer, Nelt Davis, Minnard
Loomis, Jno. Parker, H. Potter, D. J.
Warner, H. F. Foster, Miss H. Louisa,
Mrs. Edward Norton.
T. H. Maynard, P. M.
If fame is what a man is most anxious for, the human devil, who was
hung in Windsor, for murder, last
week, got all he wanted. About 200
columns of newspaper advertising
were given the wretch in the Detroit
papers alone.—Hersey Outline.
Let "good digestion wait on appetite and health on both,'3 by taking
Ayer's Pills.
To reduce our stock before our annual inventory, we are offering
the following extraordinary values:
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Embroidered Silk Handkerchiefs, ...,.  .Former Price 10c for    5c
Embroidered Silk Handkerchiefs. -. ....FormerPrice 35c for 22c
Brocade Silk Handkerchiefs ,. Former Price  50c for  39c
Balls'Health Corsets Former Price $1.00 for  85c
Jackson Corset Waists ,... .Former Price   1.00 for 85c
Gold Medal Corsets Former Price   50c for  42c
All Wool Fascinators .• Former Prices 75c and 85c for  69c
All Wool Fascinators ..FormerPrice $1 for  85c   .
All Wool Skirt Patterns Former Price  $1 for  79c        &
Ladies' Camel Hair Eibbed TTuderwear  Former Price 50c for 42c
Ladies' Heayy all Wool Grey Underwear.  ., .Former Price 95c for 79c
Ladies' Fleece Lined "Underwear. .Former Price 47c for 39c
Misses Natural Wool Underwear (rise 5c each size)  .Former Price 15c for 10c
Print Wrappers Former Price 85c and $1 for  79c
Print Wrappers   Former Price $1.25 for $1
All 50c Neckwear  ,   ' 39c
All £5c Neckwear ... 19c    •
Home Made Mittens .*    35c .-
Heavy Tufted Mittens ',.'.'. Formor Price 50c for 39c
Mens' Heavy Eibbed Wool Mixed Socks  .Former Price 20c for 14c
Mens' Extra Heavy Oversocks  ....'  50c
Mens' Natural Wool Half-Hose Worth 25c going at 3 pair for 50c
Mens' Natural Wool Half-Hose  .. .Worth 35c going at 25c
Plush Caps   '..,..... Former Price  75c for  62c
All Wool Cashmeres and Serges   . 40c
52-inch All Wool Dress Flannels , Formed Price  45c for  40c
34-inch Cashmeres (Half Wool)..'.... Former Price 22c for 19c
34-inch Serges...,..-  ."Worth 22c going at 14c
• 27-inch All Wool Dress Flannels  ■-. , Former Price 22c for 19c
Best Dress Prints   Former Price - 6c for    5c
Dark Outing Flannels   Former Price    6c for . 5c
Best Grade Table Oil Cloth Former Price 25c for 15c
Extra Heavy All Wool Eed Flannel Worth 25c going at 17
Extra Heavy All Wool Check Flannel. Worth 25c going at 20c
Great Values in Canton Flannels.  *.. ..." at 6c and 8c'
Bargains in Cottonades. , ,,.: ; ioc to 20c    '<
I. .
Any Silk Muffler in Our Stock at 25 per cent, off ol Marked Price.
Any Overcoats or Ulster in our Stock at 10' pel1 cent, off of Marked Price
Any Carpet in our stock at .10 per cent, off of Marked Price    .
•. Any Bug in our stock at  ..10 per cent off of Marked Price •
?Any Shawl in our stock at  \   .10 per cent off of Marked Price
Davy & Co., CLARE miCH.
The First Meeting of 1S95.
On January 2,1895, the flrst meeting
of the new year of W. S. Hancock Post
will be held. At 7 o'clock p. m. the
door of the post room will be thrown
open for all old soldiers and their
wives to enter. This includes not only
members of Post 339, but all who
fought for their country during the
years of'61—'65. The newly elected
officers are to be installed and inspection of post will take place. The W.
E. C. will invite all to a free supper
immediately after the business of the
evening. Now, veterans of the late
war, whoever and whatever your name
is, come and be with us upon this occasion. We want to see you once again
and it is hoped all will deem it a privilege. There is business to be brought
before the meeting that will be of in7
terest to all, and let not one of the
old boys stay at home. There are nearly 150 of them in this vicinity and a
gathering of all is desired at post hall,
January 2,1895. Come and bring your
wives.
A. A. Shaver, W. S. Cooley,
Adj't. Com.
Family Reunion.
The family of J. H. Gardner, of Vernon, were invited home to partake of a
Christmas dinner under the parental
roof; and most.of»the family responded
to the invitation by coming home,
each one bringing a little gift to the
father and mother. The eldest son
bringing a box of honey, the next son
and family a handsome silver napkin
ring for the father and mother, the
next son being absent the one next
bringing a cake especially for father
and mother and a pair of portierres
from the children at home besides a
number of other presents. A Christmas tree was prepared for the children
of the families. The four generations
were: J. H. Gardiner, son Charles W.,
grand daughter Mrs. Stearns and Baby
Gladys; the father being 75 years old
and the great-grand-daughter li years
old. VanBrunt & Son furnished the
cake and confectionery and Jackson
the turkey. All had a pleasant time
and each one departed for their respective homes Wednesday wishing the
home people a Happy New Year;
Stop suffering!   Try Dr. Miles' Pain Pills.
CHURCH AND SOCIETY ITEMS.
The W. C. T. U. meets at Gospel
Hall at 3 o'clock, Saturday.
The Other Aid society will meet at
Mrs. Waller's, Wednesday afternoon,
January 2d. . All ladies be prepared to
pay dues.
There will be meetings every night
this week at the Gospel Hall, to which
all are invited. Elder Teed is assisting Elder Tatman.
The Ladies' Union will meet at Mrs.
M. A. Thurston's, January 14th, in the
interest of the missionary work. A
cordial invitation is extended to all.
The Ladies' Aid society will serve a
ten cent supper on Tuesday, January
1, at the G. A. E. hall. All are invited. Oysters will also be served at 10c
a dish.
Sabbath at the Baptist church—subject for morning: **Time Wisely
Spent." Evening theme: "The Shifting Scenes of Time, HCompared with
the Changes in the Vegetable World.
The contrasted thought, abiding forever."
There will be a union watch night
service in the M. E. church, Monday
evening, December 31, beginning at
9:30 p. m. The program has been arranged and will be conducted by the
pastors of the several churches. A
most cordial invitation is extended to
all.
The Willing Workers meet at the
G. A. E. hall Monday afternoon for
annual meeting. Officers will be elected for the ensuing year. All ladies
are invited for the afternoon, and the
gentlemen will be welcomed in the
evening, when an oyster supper will
be served.   All are invited.
Whereas, our sister s, Mrs. B. F.
Kramer and Mrs. D. J. Allen, are in
deep sorrow through the unfortunate
death of their sister, be it
Eesolved, that we, the officers and
members of LaTosca Hive, JSo. 170, L,
O. T. M., do extend our heartfelt sympathy to them in their deep affliction.
Eesolved, that these resolutions be
entered in full upon the record book of
our Hive and that a copy be sent to
the bereaved sisters, also that they be
published in our city paper.
May Bicknell, Olive Perrin, Margaret McPhall, committee.
If you are gray under fifty, there is
no better remedy than Halls Hair Be-
newer.
SCHOOL NOTES.   .
Much credit is due the teachers of
our schools for the able way in which
they carried out the Xmas exercises in-'
the different rooms. The leading attraction in first intermediate room, under the supervision of Misses . Tower
andBruske, was an old-time fireplace,
festooned with cedar boughs,-the mantle of which was honored by a blossoming primrose. In one corner of the
board Christmas bells rang smiles and
good will, while the odor of the fir
branch reminded one that. Christmas
was not far distant. In second, primary room, under the supervision of
Mesdames Eaton and Hutchison, a
beautiful Christmas tree was one of
the chief attractions and a pleasing
program was well carried out. The
parents and school board turned out
with promptness and did not forget to
give words of encouragement to both
teacher and pupil. •
T>EPORT OF THE CONDITION
 OF THE	
CLARECOUHTY SAVINGS BANIC
AT CLARE, MICHIGAN,
At the close of Business, Dec. 10,1894.
, RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts 839,250 41
Stocks, bonds, mortgages, etc .; 17,832 16
Overdrafts       263 33
Banking house -.*..,.   5,500 00
Furniture and fixtures    1,200 00
Current expenses and taxes paid.-... i?    1391 43
Interestpaid .,      12140
Due from "banks-in reserve cities.... . 24,268 73
Exchanges ior clearing house bills In
transit        57 30
Checks and cash items •       982 53
Nickels and cents        50 82
GoldCoin    1,745 00
Silver Coin      1503 30
U. S. and National Bank Notes    1.867 00
Total. $95,033 41
LIABILITIES.
Capitalstockpaidin $20,000 00
Surplus iund    6,000 00
Gross undivided earnings   3,247 70
Commercialdepositssubject to check.. 26,826 84
Savings deposits ,12,121 76
Savings certificates of deposit 26,837 11
Total. ••- $95,033 41
State of Michigan, County oeCi<abe, ss.
I, C. H. Sutherland, of the above named bank,
do solemnly swear that the above statement is
true to thebest of my knowledge and belief.
C. H. STrTHEBiiAKD, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28th
day of Dec, 1894.    O. H. C*_abk, Notary Public.
Cobbect—Attest:
EoiiMN H. Jennet, j
C. W. Perby. ^-Directors.
W. "Wolsky. )
AH Tjain ^anis-hea by Dr. MHes* Pain Pills.
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