1894-03-16; Clare Sentinel (1892)

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Volume 2.
GLARE, MICH., FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1894.
tfehber X0
BREVITIES.
"J-resh Paint," signs are numerous
oflate.
I. Saperston was in the city this
morning.
Martin, son of Geo. Lawerence, is
quite sick.
The matrimonal market is - rather
dull at present.
The front of the postoffice has been
painted yellow.
Saley  Feigbner was in town   from
*    SearSj yesterday.
L. Weisman and Geo.Grabamof LFar-
well were in the city yesterday.
A.- Louch intends going back into
the blacksmith shop April first.
O. Hart of McBain was the guest of
bis sister, Mrs. Thomas Presley, this
• week.
'  A shaft coupling in Sexsmith-s mill
broke  Monday, causing considerable
^delay.
A John Evans wants to let Ms farm
north west of Glare. A good chance
for someone.
Ooun-jy Treasurer Joseph Dixon, of
Isabella County, v/as over from Mt.
Pleasant today.
Sheriff J. R. Brown was in the city
this morning. He was on way to Far-
well on business.
Miss Kittle Moriarity, of Saginaw,
was the guest of her cousin Mrs. D.
McPhall this week.
H. Saperston has just received a new
line of ladies' spring jackets and capes
He invites,inspection.
Rev. Wm. Cay wood went to Park
Lake Monday where he preached two
evenings and returned home Wednesday.
£L O. Squires is drawing dirt and
filling in on his-lot on 4th street between D. ELump's and Dan Grouse-
shop.
Mrs. J. Smith returned to McBaine
this afternoon. She has been visiting
lier parents Mr. and Mrs. A.' W. Mc-
Intyre.
Yernon republicans will hold a cau.
cus at the Herring house next Friday
afternoon. The democrats hold a caucus next Tuesday at same place.   :
Undersheriff Parrish went today to
LEimira, a little town north of Cadillac, ■
■   to bring back a man who is wanted for
: jumping his board bill at the Stevens
hou^e.
Surrey township library has recently
-dpeen increased to the number of 105
(new volumes.   Farwell  people bave
always had  a  reputation  for being
somewhat literary.
Dan Grouse is hobbling around-on
one foot,this week, having had the
..   misfortune to drop a swedgeblock on
the ■ other, * * *Didn- b hurt the block,
eitber," Dan says.
Mrs'. W. J. Kelley of Mt.; Pleasant,
visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
W. -Decker for a few clays this week.
Mr.ELelleyis.doing well in the cigar
business in Mt. Pleasant.
Mrs. A. Thurston and mother, Mrs.
Allyn, were made the subjects of a
surprise party last evening, a silver
cake basket for the former a_d a handsome pin for the latter were gifts of
.the friends assembled..
Miss Ray Hessey, of Petrolia, Ont.,
. is expected to be in the city this evening'for a brief visit while on her way
tG traverse  City for the spring and
-    suiiimer millinery season.   She   will
be the guest"of Miss Rockafellow while
L    here.
jl V. Sine came from Ann* Arbor
Tuesday. He did not receive any permanent benefit there ane at the present time is quite low. It is intended
to ftake him to' Farwell tomorrow,
where he will be cared for by the
E&ijSonic fraternity.
\JH_ss M.Florence Scott of Midland*
anlelocutionist of considerable ability,
will give an evening entertainment;
' at ||the M. E. church next' Thursday evening under .direction of the
Epworth League. She will be assisted |;be home music, etc. Admission
10 -and 15 cents.
Citizens as well as the Grand Army
Post, are interesting themselves in
. preparation -for Decoration Day. The
unveiling of the Soldiers' Monument
"on,! that day will be an event of far
more than ordinary interest and the
exercises will be' participated jn by
other/posts besides; Hancock. Clare
will-have one of the largest crowds in
itdjhistory on May 30; and every citizen
will take pride in having all the arrangements for their reception and
entertainment complete. A citizens'
meeting will be called early in April
. to[.take definite action. Meanwhile
thje post is proceeding with preparations in anticipation of the importance
evlpnt. Already one of the finest
spibakers in Michigan1'has been engaged
to
deliver the oration.
J
Read over;the new ads. That's what
they are for. ' .
Mrs. Will Curtis- returned to her
home in Clio, Saturday.
Miss Emilia Sexsmith visited at
Calkinsville this week.
The front of R. M. Mussell's drug
store has been repainted. A. E. Mack
did it.
gussell A, 'Peake, lawyer, of Harrison was in Clare on Professional business Wednesday.
Miss Carrie Rockafellow returned
this morning from a visit with Miss
Mna Spring of Coleman.
The Ladies' Union will meet Friday, March 123 at the home of Mrs. Jas.
O'Connor. All are kindly urged to be
present. '
We have a quanity of old papers,
clean, and suitable for house hold
purposes, which you can secure very
cheaply now.
Dr. F. C. Sanford has had to take
some of hisLown medicine this week,
having had an attack of the grip or
something akin to it.
Attend the ward and city caucuses.
These are the fountain heads of government. They may be made pure or
impure as the voters please.
Letters remaining in the Clare Post
Office for the week ending Saturday
March 10,1894. Persons calling, please
say "Advetised." Henry Flannigan,
Ely ELnous, Alice Davis, Lizzie May-
boll, Edith Roe.
M. D. Rogers F. & P. M, agent at
Harrison, f ormerely in the Clare office,
was in the <L)ity Tuesday. He emprov^
ed the opportunity of getting the Sentinel -and Inter Ocean sent to his
address at the price of one paper.
Sam Ort of Midland, was calling on
friends in the city this weeek. Sam
has gone into business for himself,
having formed a partnership with
Ellery Anderson and bought out the
Anderson Bros, drugstore at Midland.
j_T. O. Pettibone, formerly target
man of the interJocker, was in the city
this morning on his way to Saginaw.
He has moved to Hatton and occupies
a farm one mile east of that place,'
which his son-in-law; Mr. Humphey,
ha,s recently purchased.
The- Farwell villageelection resulted
as follows: President, J. L. Littlefield;
Clerk, D. R. Wait; Treasurer, Asa
Leonard; Trustees, Dan Burke, Dan
Black, S. Coon; Assessor, L. L.BLelley,
Street Commissioner, John Barton;
Constable, Ed Welch; the total vote
was 84. - : '
You need a trunk taken to the depot
occasionally, you want a load of wood,
Jou may wish to move this spring,
you need freight delivered, you want
other drayiiQg done. When ever you
need any .such thing, call on Elmo
Goodenow. He will be reasonable in
his charges: and give you satisfaction.
He is a young man just starting in
business and wants your patronage.
The OWosso Times says of Miss
Scott who will be at the M. E. Church
Thursday evening: ''"One of the most
pleasing and enjoyable entertainments
ever given in this city, was that at y..
M. C. A. Hall, Tuesday evening by
Miss M, Florence Scott, a graduate of
Detroit School. The little lady is of
very fascinating appearance has a won-
derfut talent, both in voice and apprehension. The entertainment was in
every respect a success."
Judge S. B. Daboll of St. Johns has
accepted tne invitation to deliver the
oration in Clare on DecoiationDay.
Judge Daboll is a magnificent speaker.
His prominence in G. A. R. circles
made the committee feel a trifle doubtful about securing him for Clare, but
they sent On the invitation early and
the favorable reply was promptly returned. The judge is one of the leading candidates for Department- Commander, the chief office in the Grand
Army in Michigan. Aeis at present
Judge advocate of the Department of
Michigan.
Yesterday's Journal says that general
manager Ashley, •• general freight aud
passanger agent Bennet and commercial agent! Peake, of the Toledo, Ann
Arbor & LNbrthern railroad, are in Menominee arranging for an extension of
their transfer freight line of boats frbm
Frankfort;, Lake Michigan, to Menominee, in order to secura the heavy
lumber business tO the east, and.also to accomodate the westward freight
traffic. They have met "with encouragement on allsidea, and have decided to locate there at once. The boats
are double enders, SCO feet long bj* 52
feet beam, and are capable of cutting
their way through 15 or 20 inches! of
solid ice-apd carry a big train of freight
cars. The extension of this line will
give Menominee the connection link
between the far west and the eastern;
seaboard.!
DODGE DESTROYED
Disastrous
the L. L.
fire Wipes
Co. Plant.
out
TEE LOSS IS ABOUT  $200,000.
The Mills and 6,000,000 feet
of Lumber go up in Smoke.
The Fire began Saturday at 1 o'clock and
is still burning—Forty acres burned over
—Clare and Harrison sent their Fire Departments—A magnificent but terrible
sight.
Just after dinner, last Saturday,
Arthur Woodmancy, cashier of the
Lansing Lumber Company, and H.
DuVal, a foreman for the company,
were around the mills and sheds inspecting things and notiing how much
room there was for storage of shingles
for the seasons cut that was to begin
April 1. When looking over the mammoth shingle shed Mr. Woodmancy
made the remark, "My, we are in a bad
place for afire." Five minutes later
he was in the office at his desk busy at
work, when his attention was called
to a great smoke issuing from the
shingie mills. "Fire" was his first
though, and turning he placed all his
papers and books in the safe behind
him and rushed out to see the cause of
the smoke. In a moment the *mill
burst out in flame.
A workman in the mill, which was
undergoing repairs preparatory to the
seasons run which was tolbegin in two
weeks, had over turned an open torch
in the dry shavings and saw dust which
were instantly a mas of flame and beyond control. The wind was a gale
from the south, the lake side, and directly toward the big lumber mill and
sheds and the piles of lumber. In five
minutes the lumber and lath mill were
on fire, and shortly after fire began in
the nearest lumber piles.
Dodge, both the plant and all the
houses, belongs to the L. L. Co. Besides electric lights, the dynamo of
which was situated in the shingle
mill, there was a complete and efficent
water works plant. The power of this
was separate from the mills and so escaped destruction. When it was seen
that it was beyond the power of the
local fire department to control the
fire, telegrams were sent to Clare and
Harrison. Both responded as quickly
as possible. Harrison- arrived overland about half past two and Clare by
special train about twenty minutes
later. Both did all in their power to
check and hold the conflagration. Unfortunately all the hydrants but two
or three were within the circle on fire
and it was with much difficulty that
effective streams could be brought to
bear.
Last winters inventory showed 9,000,-
000 feet of lumber in the yard covering
nearly forty acres. About 3,000,000
feet had since been shipped. Through
this magnificent lumber yard as
through an embryo city with its
streets and alleys and elevated railways, the fire fiend rushed urged on by
the lash of the wind. In an incredibly
but short time it had made a wide path
to the farther or north side of the yard
and then began working back against
the wind to the west. Had there
been a hydrant or two near the outside of the yard nearly a million feet
could have been saved at this time.
As the sun sank in the west it, the sea
of fire was a magnificent spectacle,
that out-blazed the sun. It was a pity
to see one pile after another of the
lumber catch fire. As the flames were
now directed by the wind away from
the unburned lumber only direct radiating heat set fire to each pile in turn.
A stately pile, as tall as; a house,
would turn dark from the fierce heat
of a neighboring pile, a slight smoke
would curl up, and then the' whole
mass would -burst into a dazzling
flame.
The little cluster of one story, un-
painted houses forming the village was
hardly in the line of hre, but two of
them caught from flying brands and
burned, one of these was occupied by
Richard D'ehart. The goods were removed in comparative safety. Another was occupied by James Settle. Mrs.
Settle and Miss Lillie Converse . of
Clare," who boarded with them and
taught the village school, were at Har-
rison-when the fire broke ciut. Their
goods were saved. )
The last lumber pile caught fire at 5
o'clock. Fire got into the logs oh the
bank of the lake the firemen put it
out.   Though the fire had Itoractiqally
expended itself, the great furnace of
coals, and the rising wind, with, its
prospect of shifting, made it necessary
to watch sharply for further trouble.
Firemen remained on the grounds until Monday morning, and even yet the
fire burns in some places. Some believe
it will hang all summer In the refuse
piled on the lake side.
The mills were known far and wide
for the completeness of their outfit.
The loss on them is about $100,000.
The lumber is estimated at from $75,-
000 to $100,000. On the lumber and
other stock there was an insurance of
$60,000. On the mills,etc, about $24,-
000.
Mr. Barnes and Mr. Wheeler came
up from Lansing Sunday morning.
They hardly know where they are financially. If the insurance companies
pay losses promptly it will greatly relieve them. As to the future they
could not say. It is proposed to erect-
a mill sufficient to cut the present
stock of logs. Those who know something of the company's business predict that, inasmuch as it has recently
purchased nearly a township of timber in northern Gladwin county the
permanent plant of the company will
be moved thither.
NOTES.
One of the Harrison firemen had
a perilous ride through the flames but
came through unharmed.
A. J. Doherty lost two car loads of
lath stored at Dodge.
One car loaded with shingles was
burned.
A. Woodenancy saw that every one
had a supper at the company's expense
Ask Joe Horning if he has got his
pants dry yet.
Frank Louch also fell in the Lake.
Only the ice prevented him from perhaps a fatal experience.
There were about 200 went from
Glare on the special train..
The fireman deserve praise for their
prompt response and untiring effort.
H. Saperston has just received a
new line of ladies' spring jackets and
capes.   He invites inspection.
Thin hair may be thickened, weak
hair strengthened, and the color restored to gray hair, by using Ayer's
Hair Vigor.
Mrs. Wm. B. Seares, wife of the
chief engineer and their son Arthur,
visited Clare last Saturday. They
were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. E.
Unicume.
John Bender, who has been visiting
his cousin, Geo. A. Kanarr of Arthur
township for three weeks past, returned Tuesday to his home at Upper
Sandusky, Ohio.
M. O. Austin who has done an extensive job getting out cedar for paving during the past winter, spent Sunday at home. He went up to Lake
Monday, looking.timber.
The Harrison Cleaver says that the
trial of Messrs. Chris. Green,   Wm.
Badie, Morris Woodward, Purdey,
and Jas. Scanlon, all of Winterfleld,
charged with assault and battery upon Constable Jas. B. Hamer, of that
township, was held in Justie Bogue's
court last Thursday and resultedin the
conviction of the first two named and
acquittal of the balance. A fine of $10
and $8.16 cost was imposed upon each.
The case was appealed.
J. D. Allen has hustled around and
got a petition with a list of 200 signers
asking for the passage through congress of the Mandersoir*, and Hainer
bill regarding the reduction of the
postage on society and college journals to the second class rate, the same
as enjoyed by newspapers, as referred
to in the Sentinel of two weeks ago.
If the bill does not receive favor our
societies and colleges will be deprived
of their needed literature. A recent
ruling of the postal department makes
the postage much higher than formerly.
A committee of fifteen was appointed about three weeks ago to raise $150
for repairing the Congregational
church, each of the fifteen to be responsible for the raising of $10. Last
week the committee met, and determined upon what repairs to begin
with. A new roof will be put on the
church as soon as possible, the chimneys will be elevated staficient for. a
good draft, and the church' spire will
be taken down and an open belfry be
substituted. This is'as far as has been
definitely settled. It is expected that
the Interior will.be redecorated as soon
as convenient. It has not beendecid-
ed whether the chapel will be separated from the main auditorium by a
movable partition, but if it is, doubtr
less tjhe seating of the phureh will be
anged.
"Good morning, have you seen Mussell?- Soaps?'!   L
"Llf cleanliness is next to godliness* theb Soapig a
means of grace."—H. W. Beecher.     - /'
Unsolicited testimonial: "R. M. Mussle deer SuTj ibo't
a cake of yure Sope 2 yeers Ago and i hante Tbo'i enny
other sense."—A. T. Ramp.
BUTTERMILK.
Buttermilk Soap is tlie cream of Toilet
soaps, so to speak. It formerly sold e^ery
where for 25 cents .a cake. I now offer it-
at 8 cents a cake, or 3 for 20 cents.
It is going fast.   Call soon. s
I have all other kinds of Soaps, too:— ^
DELICATE SOAPS FOR BABY, TAR SOAPS FOR GRIMY
HANDS, FANCY TOILET   SOAPS,— CARBOLIC AND       ,       '
-SOAPS TO REMOVE GR.EASE——
MEDICINAL SOAPS,-
AND SOAP. SOAP, SOAP—-/_H at Low I=»ric_»_».
EMEMBER our Perscription Department. "A -A
'-'*■ our Patent Medicines. ' V;
" our Toys and Games. AAA:?
'■        our School Books and Tablets*"": '    •
" our 1001 other things.
" we want you to call. .   -       ' ,".,
CENTRAL DRUG STORE.    J£. ML. ■L_t________
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Clai-e Cihj f^oMer Mi
TO THE PUBLIC: \
Oiii* new expert miller, Mr. J. Y^IJtuiya&:::ft-pm;.[
Boston, Mass.V formerly of Detroit, ds now ;rto_tiiig :
our mill and turning out tlie finest grade of Mour
ever sold in this city. : !
Call on us and give it a test and we will -con-Lf
vince you of this fact. Leave orders ;at Democrat £
office, next door to post office. Grists exehwge^l
promptly. Li
Revised Retail Prices at the-;Mill: j
Name of Flour. Price pier ML ;
Mixed Patent, a$£ 00 .
Clare \€ity Best, $60 1
Second Poller 8 00 l
1st Low Grade, *                 "          £30 >
Mixed Bran, (composed of coarse bran, coarse
mids, fine mids and 2nd low graicLe fioikr,) at 90c per
100 lbs.   . ■ ISiT-Wheat Wanted to MML-
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Tobacco River
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Your Feet with DOHERTY'S     [
Shoes
Which you will find;nekt fittir»g
and durable; also secure one ofhis
Hals. ']. a[   'M
That are in the latest shapes _JM<i-
shades, and while yot| ar«s ;inV |^st|
took at his !   - !
CJo-hing
And see the best quality, and l4WH
est prices in the city, [also see Jiisf
Hosiery \.-:M'^
That cannot be beat fpr w&ar ^ncij
prices, be su re and as|k t6 see jhisI
For Ladies,, Children and Men, thali
we are selling very low, I     !
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