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VOL. VIII.
CLARE, MICH.$JANUARY 15, 1886.
PAYING   THE   BILLS.
Large Grist   Wiiich   the
peryisors Carefully Consider and Act Upon.
Su-
motion of
J. EDWARDSOF NO USB.
Extra Compensation  Allowed   to
X'ronecutlMit Attorney Mttrritt,
«s was   KmisieiiUy Juwl.
Harrison, Jan. 7. Board met and
was culled to order by the chairman.
All members present. Minutes of
yesterday's .session read and approved.
Supr. Rockafellow moved that the
Chairman and Clerk he authorized to
contract with the Detroit house of
correction for the care of prisoners for.
Clare county, which motion prevailed by ye is and nays as follows:
Yeas, Suprs. Cliapin, Doty, Green,
Maine, McCracken, Purely, Rockaiel-
low. Wait, Williams—-9.  is'ayes none.
Supr. Wait moved that the Board
allow the Sheriff $241) per year as salary for Turnkey and care of court
room during the sessions of the Board
of Supervij-ors, salary to commence
Oct. 27, '85 and include the year 1880.
Winch motion prevailed by yeas
and nays as follows:
Yeat-, iSuprs. Chupin, Doty, Hampton, Green, Mabie, McCracken, Purdy, Rockafellow, Wait, Williams—10
Nays, none.
teupr. Rockafellow moved that the
juror seats in the court room be moved to the jail for the use of tramps,
and that the tramps be compelled to
sit in tlj,em while occupying the jail,
which motion pievailed.
Supr, Rockafellow moved that the
furnishing of new seats for jurors in
the court room ne left for the the jail
committee to procure, which motion
prevailed,
ACCOUNTS.
The  committee on   miscellaneous
jejerred the following to the
.- V i/-*■"""" *    »>£"<* *'-    "'
l-j-'JtLwanl, services mo-1
fore Coroner's jury, §10, allowed on
motion ofSupr Hampton.
Bill of Chue Press, printing, etc.,
.$25.75. Supr Purdy moved that the
bill be allowed, which motion did
not prevail. Supr Wait moved that
the oill he allowed at $18.75, cutting
off the items for J P, which motion
prevailed.
Bill of Mrs G W Graham for washing, $9.11, allowed on motion of Supr
Rockafellow.
Rill of J D Newth, Supt Poor $212.10
allowed on motion of .Supr Wait,
Bill of A E Doty, on jail committee, $11.10, allowed on motion ofSupr
Wait.
Biii of M D Davis, Coroner, $8.8-",
ill in wed at $4.85, on motion of Supr
"Wait.
$30.75 allowed at $22.75 on
Supr Rockafellow.
K Rolla Reet, deputy sheriff Gratiot county, £30.35, allowed at 20.35 on
motion of Supervisor Wait.
D'C Johnson, deputy sheriff Gratiot
cd«nty, 22.25, allowed at 16 on motion of Supr Rockafellovr.
W H Browne, Justice, 57.46, allowed at 33.40, on motion Supr Wait.
W H Browne supt of poor, 31.40 allowed at 26 on motion of Supr Hampton.
Peet & Willowby, hoarding jurors,
139, allowed at 83.17 on motion of
Supr Hampton.
F M Peet deputy sheriff of Gratiot
county, 2.50, allowed at 2.00 on motion of Supr Rockafellow.
D S Richmond, Constable. 15.25 allowed allowed at 13.25, on motion of
Supr Rockafellow.
The following cla'.ms were allowed
as presented :
E Austin, Constable'. $ 53 30
Wr A Buri-itt, cxp Carr case    52, 61
D E Alward, Justice    15 60
J L Welch, Constable    31 60
G W Graham,  Sheriff.  503 80
D R Wait, Probate service      6 66
Ihling Bros         SI
T W Avorill    85 22
T W Averill  288 4(1
WEAldrich      7 62-1
Frank Axford      2 50
E D Whoaton court services...   70 00
Dr C 11 Stewart, prof services   50 00
Mr Whitney atty Carr case 70000
J T Swiggart Clk Gratiot Co...   12 76
Bill of J L Potts, 168.35, for ally's
services in Carr case. Supr Wait
moved to lay the bill on the table.
Lost. Supr Rockafellow moved that
the bin be allowed at 130, which motion prevailed.
Bill of T W Averill, 100. amount
paid Detective J A Edwards, was al-J
lowed on motion   of Supr Rockafellow, the'above amount to be in full
of his claims against Clare county.
The chairman ordered a recess until 8 a m tomorrow.
Harrison, Jan. 8.—Board met and
was called to order by the chairman.
Roil called, a quorum present. ' The
minutes of yesterday's  session  read
ttnitiinr>foved.v"   ,    ^t—^<ZC'£^\L^!' " ,
-a^TJtt} iollowmKrclaims wereauowett:
F "W Bracey dep sheriff. $42 20
Sanborn & Canfield,  printing...   7 00
FMcLellan, Justice    6 30
AM Tinker Justice.  2610
W O Mabie Constable    4 50
Frank Conway Constable 4 17, laid
on table on motion of Supr Rockafellow.
Bill of T W Bracey, deputy sheriff,
82 40. Supr Chapin moved to lay the
bill on the table. Lost. Supr Purdy
moved the bill be allowed. Lost.
Yeas—Mabie, McCracken, Purdy,
Wait and Williams.
Nays—Chapin.   Doty,    Ilvmpton,
Green and Rockafellow.
|    Mr Rockafellow   moved that the
j bill he allowed at 71 1)0, which motion
prevailed.
I     Bill of Alon/.o Shekel),  3132..   Mill L Williams, jail committee, $12, ] Rockafellow moved to allow the  bill
allowed on motion of Supr Mabie.      j «s recommended by the committee at
J A Edwards, $13, expenses going ! 1'S 07.   Mr Wait moved  an amend-
adjourned withouftjay.
W. E. Axjokicb'S^
"  Clerk£\
E. Doty,
Chairman."
procurefieldnoteagbrthe north half
of the township M Sheridan, and
that the ChairmatfAnd Clerk of this
board beauthori^p to draw an order for the paywent of the same
when received,vjBlich motion pre^
vailed. -'♦su - \
On motion of Swr Mabie tho board * Win. Ried has commenced lumber-
WU3J9   OK   NEWS.
Mrs. W. Decker is much better.
Junius Ross is out  surveying this
week.
THIS   -*-*?P *HAT.
Henry Stevens/jhas been off trapping thi-s week.. *   "
It cost Clare cfcMpty about $2000 to
convict Jim Carr&   Cheap enough.
. Dr. M. J. Lossujsr, has fitted up in'i
fine style his-inofr rooms in the'
brick block.   / gV
Father GVowle; [received $137 as a
Christmas present; from his Coleman,
parishioners: *"?«-'
Next week TJjfrrsday is the day
set for arguing thiuuotion for a new
trial in the Ca>x'rniirder case.
Judge Wheaton] has had rooms in
the Dun lap building; arranged for his
law office.   He-iij&yed in this  week.
A. W. Melnty* estimates that he
did carpenter.wdjrk in Clare village,
during 1885 .tp.rlijp, amount of $400.
J. A. Braymajjjkand family have
fli, having rented
"•'"house  on    Main
»*yt;
,7»o\f
p^sayft
moved back\f,to
Mrs. Holbro%-'
street.
S. C. ,Zeiter^<>«Loomis, and William Martin of-ifiar Dover made the
acquairitance*ol»the Odd Fellows'
goat Monday ;t»'ijt.
The ■}[$■» attained last week
over a colMR%K|/fe lov&l and neighborhood Jwf.) *ntter than any other
pap<?r iii (S^t    " \a
^JjS»s,^«.  	
that CongresSitii|*5Jis'her cuts quite a
splurge at Waslli/jgton with his fine
horses and elegant turnout.
Stephen Sheldon and family returned to Clare Tuesday evening after
six weeks very pleasantly spent with
friends and relatives in Eaton Rapids.
Mrs. N. M. Taylor and son William A. , of Illinois, who were visiting the former's brother, John Webb,
in this village, left for home on Monday morning.
Herbert Brtiyman who came home
from Gladwin to spend the holidays
has been laid up with rheumatism
for several days and is unable to return to his work.
ing on section 5, Sheridan.
Albert Maynard is learning the
printing trade in this office.
Dr. Lossing lifts put up a handsome
gilt sign, the work of Ostrandcr.
Vioim Bradley, of Sheridan, has
been very sick for two weeks.
A. J. Doherty will have his house
) and store telephonically connected.
Mr. Sullen of Vernon lost his pocket book containing $15 the other day.
Elder Fine will preach in the Tur-
busii school house, Vernon, Jan. 20.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed White moved into their new home on Fifth street
this week.
School commenced in the Smalley
district, Sheridan, on the 4th, with
Miss Nettie Gordon as teacher.
Amos Spigglemire of north Grant
returned home last week from Ithaca
where he had been visiting relatives.
A. W. Mclntyre's $200 b?rn, built
last year, should have been in the list
published last week but it was overlooked.
Pror. E. D. Palmer, formerly of this
county, is teaching school this winter
at Columbus, N. Y. He- expects to
return to Michigan next fail.
Mr. Whitney who assisted Prosecuting Attorney Burritt in the Carr
trial at Ithaca, received one hundred
dollars a day for his services.
Don't ask Jim Sutton for the cigars
for when the, minister asked him the
iiil-jjrtp'orfjU'itxi'uestion, he' su»s\yered
^^TfivHtW-tfre^or^^^
Rev. John White of the Free
Methodist church is conducting revival services at the Town Hall. The
meetings will continue every evening
next week.
Ed. Stevens sayu he went fishing
the other morning and caught a
pike which weighed 14.1 pouuds and
he wants to know if Ed. Whitney
can beat that.
Congregational church : Morning
services at 11 sharp. Subject, -'Debtors." Evening meeting at G, a revival service with brief discoruse.
Bring gospel hymns.
Chauncv Fick. at  work  driving a
$1.50 A YEAR.
SCHOOL   NEWS.
The parties who borrowed the vil-Veam for Hubble & Callain, fell from
on Carr tri-
movetl  that
to Ithaca and attendance
ill.    Supr Rockalellow
tho claim be allowed,  which  motion'
•did not peevail viz: j
Yeas—None. j
Nays—Suprs Chapin, Doty, Hampton, Green, Mabie, McCracken, Purdy, Rockalellow, Wait, Williams, 10.
E B Evans, supt poor, $28.05. Mr.
McCracken moved that the bill be allowed, which motion did not prevail
Mr. Wait moved the bill be allowed
at $25. which motion prevailed.
W W Green, atty in robbery cases,
$115. allowed at *75 on motion of
Supr Rockafellow,
W H & F A Wilson, furnishing the
jail, $213.41, allowed at $213.05 on motion of Supr Hampton.
E B Evans, supt of poor, $11.80, allowed on motion of Supr Wait.
JC Rockafellow, jail committee,
$15, allowed.
Dr E E Bracey, attending insane
person, $8. Supr moved to allow the
bill at $5.10, to which Supr Williams
offered an amendment that the claim
be allowed at $6.10, which prevailed.
Yeas, Suprs Chapin, Mabie, Wait,
McCracken, Rockafellow, Williams.
Nays, Suprs Doty, Green, Purdy,
Hamilton.
The question recurring on the original motion as amended tho
prevailed.
The following claims were allowed
R Smith,  stationery, $ 175
John Olin, oil     2 30
Pat O'Niel, services....    (j i)0
P E Witherspoon, prof services   3 00
R B Stevens, mdse	
W W Weatherwax, mdse	
Tho chairman ordered a recess
til 1 o'clock p in.
1 P M—Board met, members all
pvesent. The bill of A E Mack, under sheriff, $121.08, was allowed on
motion of Supr Wait.
K P Peet, Sheriff Gratiot county,
mcut to allow the bill at 25.
Witness Certificates allowed $7133
Jurors' Certificates allowed 30 60
Mr Chapin moved that the chair
appoint a committee on per diem and
mileage, which motion prevailed'and
Suprs Chapin and Wait were appointed.   Recess ordered until 1 p m.
1 P M—Board called to order by
chairman.   Quorum present.
To the Board of Supervisors : Your
committee on per diem and mileage
respectfully report as follows
Supervisor dys   mi
EW  Chapin  4 .
AE Doty  4 .
JW Hampton  4
J Green  4
CL Mabie  4
Geo McCracken  4
W F Purdy  4
J ('Rockafellow  4
DR Wait  4
HL Williams  4
D, R
46
12
44
24
30
12
44
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Amt
$14 76
12 72
14 64
13 44
13X0
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14 61
14 16
. 14 16
, 12 12
motion
10 57
65
un-
Wait,
E. W. Chapin,
Committee.
On motion of Supr McCracken the
report was accepted and adopted.
Supr Doty   presented the the fol-!
lowing: j
Resolved that W A Burritt be al- •
lowed Two Hundred dollars as extra 1      .       ,, .   ,.
expenses in the prosecution of criin- i serious this time and
inal cases during the year 1885.
Supr Purdy moved'that the resolution be accepted and adopted, which
motion prevailed.
Mr. Rockalellow offered the. foliow-
iig resolution and moved its adoption : J
Resolved that the thanks of this
Board be given to Supervisor A E
Doty for the faithful and impartial
manner in which ho has discharged
the duties of Chairman of this Board
for the past year.
The resolution was adopted.
Mr Rockafellow moved that tho
county surveyor  be   authorized  to
lage scraper without permission from
the Street Commissioner, had better
return the same immediately, or the
Village Marshal will he called upon
to take the matter in hand.
Ed. Stevens who is at work up in
Missaukee county, writes, ordering
This Press sent to his address and
adds : "Come up and go fishing in
the Muskegon. Fish largo as whales.
Tell Beebe the deer are thicker here
than sheep and the wolves are all
gone."
At the home of the groom two miles
north of Clare, on Jan. 8, 1886, Rev.
AY. N. Young-love united in marriage Thomas A. Sutton of Grant
and Miss Sarah McKeever of Vernon. The Piiess wishes the newly
wedded pair abundant happiness and
prosperity.
Geo. B. Howe is unfortunate. On
Saturday he feU on the door step at
his store and broke his arm again in
the same place it was fractured about
two monts ago. The break is more
will be much
longer healing. He will be kept
from active business for
weeks.
, a load of logs Tuesday and, striking
! on his head, was quite seriously hurt.
| He had to quit work,
I     Bennjamin Evans who was so scri-
! ously hurt a couple of weeks age on
the skidway in  Hubble & Callam's
camp, has fully recovered  from the
effects of his inj urie.-t.
Some omissions from our building
record published last week, if they
had been included would have raised
the total to over $11,000. H. Trevid-
ick's new store building was among
those left out.
The certiorari case of Coulter and
others against the boards of School
Inspectors of Grant and Arthur township was argued in the Supreme Court
an d sub in i tted. C. Wr. Perry of CI are
appeared for the relators. No argument, was made on the other side.
Dr. Maynard reports that William
Dixon, son of Joseph Dixon of Vernon, is seriously sick, the result of injuries sustained to his leg several
months ago. The young man fell recently and again hurt the leg, causing'
complications which retard recovery, j
several j He will be kept from work all win-1
i ter. :
j J. L. Markley is circulating a peti- j
! tion asking tltat his land bo detached |
i from this school district.    He claims j
The School Board had a meeting
last Saturday night.
The Janitor has had all he could
do to keep fires going lately.
Maggie Patient and Thomas Patient ace attending school this year.
It is said that June Ross contemplates returning to school soon.
Jimmie Daugherty was so severely
injured while at play Tuesday that
he had to be carried home. A playmate accidentily kicked him on tha
knee.
The following rates of tuition ar*
adopted by the Board : high school,-
$2.50 ; intermediate, $1.50 ; primary
departments, $1.00. per term of three
months.
Minnie Beebe Allie Evans, Winnie
Merrill, Mertle Presley, and Dur-
vard Ross finish Physiology this
week and will begin fivil Government next.
An at'ompt has been made to
grade the Clare schools with the following result: first primary, three
grades; second primary, two grades ;
intermediate, two grades; high school
three grades, making ten in all. The
grading on the start is necessarily
imperfect, but the grades are distinct
and, with a little good management
there is no reason why Clare can not,
in a year or two, boast as good a
graded school as any town of its size
in the state. The ten years course,
adopted by the. School Board, provides for the following subjects in addition to the "common branches.: "
Algebra, Geometry, U. S. a nil .General „
History, Philbsphy, Pliysiofojr^.'Bai?.'.
any, J-thetorJkvBooit !K£ijgtniCi.Civil
GA^rnmRi)t aixKoue: fr%*j|ut^Jj>tJu.;
Below/are the names of trie scholars -,
not absent during the month ending
Jan. 8,1883:
HIGH SCHOOL
May Bieknell, Bertha   Feighner,
Eva Harris, Charles Ross, Guy Horning, Giles Ross, and Minnie Gadiner.
Stanley Wood, Teacher.
.rXTEKJIJEDlATE.
Frank Mouney*, Earl Austin* Roy
Bartholomew, Clarence Trevidick,
Herbert Se.vsmith, Nora Feighner*,
Bessie Giberson*, Eddie "Sexsmith*,
Louie Wolsky, Edna Elden*, Barbara
Fick-, Monroe Mack*, Mell Buell,
Albert VanCamp*, Laura Hoi brook*,
Albert Maynard*.
Star indicates  punctuality.
Ella Sawtell, Teacher.
SECOXI) prima uv.
Alice Mc hi tyro, Lydia  Orl,   Ettie
Johnson,    Ray    Horning,     Clayton,
Decker, Floyd Doherty, Floyd Kane,
jOtho Sutherland, Llewllyu Johnson,
i Laura   Younglove,    Edith  Vernier,
j Lottie   Dunnigan,     Lulu    Whitney,
I Clara Buell, Maggie Brown, Hannah
j Lindsea.
Cariuh L. Eaton', Teacher.
j EiRST PRIMARY
Willie Bieknell, Riley Parish, Frank
; Omo, Charles Haskell, Roy Lamb,
Claud Trevidick, Rivie Chase, Louise
Lang, A Pee Austin, Florence Giber-
son ,Nettie Dougherty, Austin Feighner, Willie. Lindsea, Frank Doherty,
Margaret West, Mertie Hepringer.
Mrs.A. J, Doherty, Teacher.
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Notice.
My wife Fanny E. Merrill, having"
left my bed and board without just
cause or provocation, all persons are
hereby notified not to harbor or trust
her on my account as J will pay no
debts of her contracting after this day.
Sheridan, Jan. 2, 1886.
Wellington Merrill.
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The average
Congregstional
18S5 was 101.
attendance   at   the
Sunday   school    for
Tho quarterey meriting of the M.E.
church will be conducted by Rev. J.
C. Floyd, presiding elder of this district, today and Sunday. PreachinjiM that his taxes are excessive, (-^hey
this evening at 7:30 o'clock followed"!"amount to the enormous sum of $\70
by the quarterly conference. On
Sunday, the love feast at 6 p. m. followed by a sermon by the presiding
elder. The services will close with
the Lord's supper.
The aunual meeting of the Congregational church for the election ot
officers was to bo held on Tluirsdny
evening, but an adjournment was
taken until Tuesday evening.
('barley Chase is writing a book on
on a whole block) and wants f^"Tho New Way, or Didn't Know it
build a school house on his own placo.f Wasn't Loaded." Will Curtis 'will
The matter will probably come bo-j prepare one chapter of the work, his
fore the boards of school inspectors of 1 theme being " Protection," afforded
Grant and Vernon. J by a counter.
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