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CHURCH AND SOCIETY ITEMS.
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The Willing Workers will meet next
Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Strobed..
A large attendance is desired as there
is work to he finished.
The Ladies' Aid will meet Tuesday,
December 18th, at the home of Mrs.
S. A. Sutherland. ■ Members and
friends are requested to be present.
The Junior League will have a box
social at the home of Mrs. J. G. Rockafellow, Wednesday, December 19th.
There is being prepared a musical and
literary program. All are cordially
invited.
Sabbath at the Baptist church—subject for morning:-"A Fragrant Deed."
This sermon is a sequel to the one given
last Sabbath morning. In the evening
the second of a series of Christmas
sermons, "Jesus Loves, or the close of
the Waitng Time."
The Ladies' Union will meet next
Friday, December 21st, at the home
of Mrs. H. Saperston. A very cordial
invitation is extended to all. The society was very pleasantly entertained
last week at Mrs. John Sexsmith's. A
large attendance although a stormy
day.
John Q. Look lodge,. F.' & A. M„
Tuesday evening elected the following
officers:
W. M.—R M. Mussell.
S. W.—C. P. Louch.
J.'W.—J. ■S.Boyd.
■   Treas.—A. W. Mclntyre.
Ses'y—J.C. Bockafellow.
The Other Aid Society will meet at
Mrs, George Piper's, Wednesday afternoon, December 19. The officers elected at the last meeting were.as follows:
Pres.—Mrs. D. Borison.
YicePres.-^-Mrs. Chamberlin.
Sec'y—Mrs. E. Gorr.
Ass't Sec'y—Mrs. Benner.
Treas.—Mrs. Boyd.
' On Monday evening, December 13,
at the Baptist church, there will be
given a lecture on Pilgrim's Progress,
illustrated by 43 colored * stereoptican
views, by Geo. W. Bates of Detroit,
now a theological student at Alma
college. Admission, 15 cents; children, 10 cents. Come and enjoy a
pleasant and profitable evening, and
thus help the church and the young
man.
The W. B. C. have elected the following delegates to Mt. Clemens: Jane
Goodenow, and Julia A. Norton, alternate. ' They have also elected following officers for the ensuing year:
Pres.—Elizabeth Brown.
Senior "Vice—Julia M. Bockafellow.
Junior Yice^Martha Smith.
Sec'y—Julia A. Norton.
Treas.—Yirginia Friedeborn.
Chaplain—Diana Piper.
Conductor—Maria Brayman.
Ass't Conductor—Mary Bump.
; Guard—Lydi a. Randall.'
Advertised Letters.
Unclaimed letters remaining in the
Clare post office for the week ending
December 8, '94. Persons calling for
same will please say, "Advertised:"
Thomas Burns, Wm. Borton, Yern Da-
lavern, Joseph Perl, Miss H. Suisa,
Miss Leojftiller. Miss Edna Smith.
■   .     T. H. Matuard, P. M.Geo. W. Piper, Saginaw, Tuesday.
Jos. Hudson of Dover was  in  Saginaw, Monday.
Electric water white oil, 8c a gallon
at Tatman's.   Cash.
Mrs. Al. Smith has gone to Angola,
Ind., for a visit with relatives and
friends.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Doherty spent
Sunday in Clare. They are now happily domiciled at Coleman.
Mrs. Nelson  Hubel   died yesterday
afternoon, of heart disease   after   a
severe illness.   Her age was 76.   The
funeral will occur Sunday.
Jerry-Feighner ought to have the
medal for fast plastering. He put on
50 yards of plaster at Mr. Sawyer's
house in Yernon in just 2i hours.
The F. & P. M. will sell excursion
tickets December 24, 25, 31 and January 3, good going on date of sale and
limited for return to January 2, '95, at
rate of two cents per mile each way.
Webb Pierce returned home Saturday, having just finished his contract
on a fine two story school building near
Cadillac. Jas. Alger nainted the building. The latter returned home Saturday.
Mrs, Sweet of Lake City is in the
city on a visit to her; brothers, W. J.
and B. C. Bauder, and to see a sister
whom she has not -seen in 26 years,
Mrs. Waddington of Sioux City, Iowa,
wbo is also here on a visit.
The Sentesel's inside pages are as
interesting as ever, this week. Among
other things will be found Talmage's
sermon, general news of the world, a
continuation of the new. serial story
which, was begun last week, doings .of
congress, etc.
BREVITIES.
Mrs. Tom Creeper is reported quite
sick.
* Will Kelly is over from Mt. Pleasant
today.
Regular council meeting next Monday evening.
The medical fraternity reports business very light at present.
Cyrus Applebee was down fromChip-
pewa on business this week.
Special cloak sale at Davy & Co's
next Tuesday and Wednesday.
S. J. Jamison of Mt. Pleasant was
doing business in the city Saturday.
Ladies will find the $1 trimmed hats
at Mrs. Rogers & Go's a great bargain.
Mrs. Muzzey of Manistee visited her
mother Mrs. Wilbur a few days of this
week.
J. C. Rockafellow is receiving a visit
from his youngest brother, J. M. Rockafellow.
Miss Laura Boman of Edenville is
the guest of her sister, Mis. E, F. Unicume, Jr.
Tom Holbrook's south side store is
brim full of holiday bargains, and the
prices are down, down", down!
D. E: Alward went to Lansing, Wednesday, to be gone several days. He
will be back before the holidays.
Ferdinand DeLesseps, the noted
French originator of the Suez canal
and the Panama canal, died last Friday, December 7th.
Old and young, rich and poor, everybody supplied with appropriate Holiday Presents at very low prices. Mussell, the druggist.
The fire alarm at half past ten o'clock this morning was due to a blaze
at Ed Trainor's ranch, caused by a defective chimney. The fire was extinguished before it had done much damage.
Frank Laundray, brother of Will
Laundray of this city, died at Saginaw
Monday afternoon and was buried
there Thursday, by the K. O. T. M.
No. 107, of Saginaw, of which he was a
member. '
For Christmas and New Year holidays the Al Sn P. ]__. R. R. will sell excursion tickets between stations on
its line at rate ol two cents per mile
each way for round trip, December 24,
25 and 31,1894, and January 1, 1895,
good for return up to and including
January 2,1895.
Colonvilleis the name of a new post
office which has been established
at what is commonly - called Reid's
Corners in Sheridan township; five
miles north east of Clare. CurtisPalmer
is the new post master, who filed his
papers with the department this week
aind his commission is expected soon,
j; Mathaniel D. Watkins of Farwell,
more commonly styled "Dyke," has
opened up a complete hardware stock
at FarWell,in the same building where
for a long time he has had a tin shop
and dealt in sporting goods. "Dyke" is
deserving of a liberal patronage and
wehope he will get it. He has an ad.
elsewhere in the Senth_el, read and
profit thereby.
The masquerade ball announced for
Christmas eve at Doherty opera house
promises to be an unusually pleasant
event. Messrs. Bolan _. Johnson, who
are arranging for the dance, are doing
everything possible to make it a success. The music promised is excellent
and the bill is 75 cents, not including
supper which will be served at the G.
A. R. hall. Livingston & Marks of
Bay City will be at the Calkins, December 24th, with costumes.  [
Rev. W. M. Puff,ef, pastor of the M.
E. church, Manistee, was in the city
Monday on business. Rev. Buffer was
principal of the Clare schools for the
years 1883-4. He took occasion while
here Monday to renew many old acquaintances, who observed that1 he
had changed very little in the ten
years, being as beardless as ever. He
remarked to our scribe that the last
time he stopped off in Clare the Mc-
Ewen street depot was still in use as a
passenger station. Rev. Puffer is
quite popular in Manistee.
Tom Creeper, who with Hugh Hunter we said last week was in England,
is at home in Clare at present. He
says that when about to sail from London to New Zealand he was persuaded
fchat the prospect of obtaining employment in New 'Zealand was not very
hopeful, as the condition of labor there
is worse, if possible, than in the United States. The result was that he returned home to Clare while Hunter
went on to New Zealand. It has been
hinted, however, that the latter gentleman is at the present time somewhere in Michigan, instead of on his
way to the south -Pacific ocean.
Special cloak sale at Davy & Co's
next Tuesday and Wednesday.
Mesdames Rogers & Co. call especial
attention to their $1 trimmed hats.
Editor Roys of Far well was doing
business,in the city, Wednesday.
Lo. Goodman, who went south some
weeks ago for his health, is not so well..
John Kuflfier was the first man to
pay his taxes in the city of Clare this
year.
Frank Perry has taken a job of getting out ties for Gid Adams. He will
have three or four men.
Supervisor A. E. Doty of -Greenwood
was in the city yesterday. He was on
way .to Saginaw on business.
M. F. Leonard of Farwell was doing
business in Clare, yesterday. He is
buying and shipping wood extensively.
W. P. Lewis has a very fine line of
cigars for the.holidays, from 60c to $3
per box. All strictly hand-made with
no artificial flavoring. See his show
window.
Articles suitable for presents and at
prices within reach of all. Our goods
will suit on sight. Mussell, the druggist
Would not a year's subscription to
the Sentinel be an excellent Christmas present for you to make to a* distant friend?
Reed City Clarion: Miss Dorna Benner, who has been staying with Robert
Allen and family, the past six months,
returned to her home in Clare, Monday.
Dr. Lee, the Japanese throat and
lung surgeon, who was expected to arrive here oh Monday, December 17th,
finds it impossible to get* through with
his work at Evart, but his visit will be
duly announced in these columns.
The windows of A. J. Doherty's
hardware present a very attractive appearance. One side is filled with an
endless variety of jack-knives, whose
keen blades are enough to drive a
school boy wild, while on the other
side is a fine display of saws of ali
kinds and grades. Both windows show
much taste i^ arrangement and in the
electric light are fairly dazzling.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Clare County Savings
Bank was held Tuesday, the 11th, and
C: W. Perry, R. H. Jenney, Joseph
Hudson, Wm. Wolsky and C. H. Sutherland were chosen directors. At the
directors' meeting which followed the
following officers were elected: C. W.
Perry, pres.; R. H. Jenney, vice pres.;
Joseph Hudson, 2d vice pres.;. C. H.
Sutherland, cashier. The affairs of
the bank are in a prosperous condition
in spite of the recent business depression.
There was quite a serious wreck on
the T. & A. A. road at Cadillac yesterday, just after one o'clock. As the
south-bound passenger train was about
to pull out from the depot at 1:10 p.
m., a loaded log train came in from
the south. The grade at that point is
quite heavy and the train men were
unable to control the loaded train
which crashed into the passenger
train, wrecking both engines and the
baggage and express car. Two men
were slightly injured, one of them a
resident of Park Lake. The passenger train, which is due at Clare at 2:1.5,
arrived about three hours late. The
wreckage went south this morning.
A. J. Kane and daughter Nellie, and
son Floyd, went to Grand Blanc, near
Flint, Monday to attend the funeral
of Mr. Kane's, father, which occurred
Tuesday. The Detroit Free Press had
the following item relating to the deceased: "Frank Kane, the oldest resident of Grand Blanc township, died
last night at his home in Grand Blanc,
of old age. Mr. Kane was authority
upon any event that happened .in
pioneer days in his township. The
deed of his farm was issued direct to
him from the government. He was
one of the first wliite men to settle in
Genesee county. He was 96 years old."
The following is from one of the Flint
papers: Frank Kane, one of the first
white settlers in this county, died at
the home of his son-in-law, John Gun-
dry, two and one-half miles west of
Grand Blane Center, early Sunday
morning, aged about 96 years. He did
not know his exact age. He settled
in that town while Michigan was still
a territory and had the deed of his
farm on which he lived more than half
a century direct from the U.S. government. Ab the time of his death he was
probably the oldest man of continuous
residence in the county. His wife
died about two years ago. He leaves
three sons, Al, Frank and Peter, all
living in the nortfren part of the state.
One of them, Peter, married a sister
of Judge C. D. Long. There were also
two .daughters, Mrs John Gundry of
Grand Blanc and Mrs Robert Green of
Pontiac."
Special cloak sale at Davy & Co's
next Tuesday and Wednesday.
Special cloak sale at Davy & Co's
next Tuesday and Wednesday.
Mrs. B. Lan'gtree - of Mt. Pleasant
was visiting friends in the .city, Wednesday.
Mrs. Ed Unicume, Sr., is entertaining her sister, Mrs. Scott, of Harbor
Springs.
' Trimmed hats at $1 are the especial
bargain next week offered by Mrs.
Rogers & Co.
Mrs. Geo. A. Graves of St. Louis was
in the city this week looking after her
millinery business.
Mrs. E. F. Unicume, Jr., has been
quite sick for the past couple of weeks,
but is reported on the gain.
Alex. Imerman of Thompsonvilie
was in the city for a short time Monday, callihg on his brother John.
Cards are out announcing the marriage of Miss Mary Hudson of Dover to
Mr. James McKay of Yernon, Wednesday, Dec. 19.
Will Curtis and familj^ who moved
to Clio about two years ago, have returned to Clare to live. They will occupy the house wibh Mrs. Curtis'
mother, Mrs. Shearer, for the present
at least.
Buell & Son have repaperd and re-
calcpmined the interior of their st6re,
restaurant and bakery giving it a
much improved appearance. The new
bakery and restaurant business is proving very successful.
A proposition and an ordinance will
be submitted to the council next Monday night, relative to the running of
the water works and lighting the city
by electricity, that ought to be favorably received by the council and by the
citizens in general. A prominent citizen proposes to run the water works
and ten arc lamps for lighting the city
at the same price paid the past year
for running the waterworks alone.
The scheme is entirely feasible and the
economy of it has often been urged before. The Egyptian darkness of our
streets at night is a disgrace to our
city and there can be.no excuse for it
to continue when by a change in management of the waterworks the streets
can be lighted without adding any burden to the city.. Of course-the gentleman 'who makes the proposition—
there's no secret about it, it is A. J.-
Doherty—expects to make enough out
of running a commercial circuit in
connection with the arc system jfco
make the investment profitable 'to
himself.
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ills store Is full and getting fuller.
Of every sort of flolidau Goods,
ft Wooer assortment than ever More,
HE has just received a very
large Consignment of Holiday
Books, all the latest Stories, which you
should see and make selections from while
the Shelves are yet full, Don't wait until
Christmas Eve and then expect to find jjist
what you want. Make your selection now
and have it saved for you,
There   rreyer   were so many
novelties in Toys and games as
this year.   We have them alK, The prices
are down, too.   Call and make^seJectiopft J^a
before stock is broken.
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It's almost Gliristmas,      ?
Only 10 Days more
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We have been so fearfufy busy unpacking and ar~
raning our new Holiday Goods tiat we haven't had time to write
up a full account of everything we have to show, and don't think
we could if we tried. IT'S SIMPLY IMMENSE!
Fl PQf Af fl 11 EVERYBODY knows what a difficult task it is.
I 11 du UI illlj to select a suitable present for a gentleman. It
is an easy matter to find something .just right to give a lady or a
child, "but, if yon haven't tried it^yon don't know how hard it is
to find the proper tMngJtogive a* gentleman. When we selected our
goods this year w§ kept that5 fact in mind and can show yon a
great variety of articles that yon will pronounce, "just the thing."
Come and see them. ■
OUR line in these goods was never so fine.
The prices do not run so high as usual and
the variety is greater.
TOILET CASES, perfume sets, etc.   The goods  we
show in this line are ahead of anything   else   in tho
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Plush Goods.
Albums.
county.
ROOKS ®^^ Holiday Books will surprise you.     The selection
LJV/VMYeJ.   no^ on|y is £ne ]3Ut prices are astonishingly 'low, both
standard authors and in special holiday and pictorial Books.
DOllS    ^^ come an^ see-   ^ore5 better and cheaper than ever.
We can not stop to more than name our TOYS, GAMES, VASES, etc., etc
Just come in and look around whether you purchase or not. We wont have time to visit
much, bu^ just make yourself at home and take plenty^of time to look at the goods.
YOURS TRULY,
R. M. Mussell