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ESTABLISHED
ANUARY .23, f89r
Official Paper for
Clare County and Village.
NEW SERIES NO. 78,
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
flT A BT> iMetropolls of Clare county; lneorporat-
UliillUi .ed village o£ about 170U people; at the
junction of the Flint & Pere Marquette and Toledo, Ann Arbor & Northern Michigan railroads,
and at southern terminus of Saginaw & Clare
County railroad. Clare Is 50 miles northwest of
Saginaw; In the southeast corner of Clare county;
geographically speaking, near the center of the
lower peninsula of Michigan. The "Mother
Earth" upon which Clare now stands was, previous to 1858, an unbroken forest. About this
time people were attracted this way by the valuable timber and rich farming lands, when tho
town was founded and the country surrounding
began to bo settled upon. In the spring of 1871
the "Iron horse" made Its advent Into this section. The town's growth has since been steady
and permanent and today is classed as the llvel -
est and most Important village in Central Michigan, Its business may be briefly summarized as
follows: A pall and tub factory, employing 40 to
E0 hands the year'round, a saw mills, H shingle
mills, planing mill and sash and door factory, a
foundry, tannery, grist will, turning mil, Korl-
son's novelty works, a modern union depot, i
churches, good schools in $15,000 brick school
building to be erected next summer, also an elegant 8-story brck hotel mid several business
blocks) a line new opera house, just completed,
lighted by gas and electricity, together with the
usual number of mercantile establishments,
shops, etc. The village Is located In the center
of a rich and prosperous agricultural district, surrounded by whole-souled, honest and well-to-do
tillers of the soil. Our business men are young,
active and enterprising and have made Clare one
of the best markets In which to sell farm produce and buy the necessities ot life lit the state.
Situated at the Junction or three railroads, (tare
Is one of the best points on the globe for the location of manufacturing establishments. Timber
of all kinds Is plentiful, cheap and easily obtained. The town Is noted for Its substantial buildings, line churches, pleasant homes, pretty
women, energetic buslne:.* men, pure well water,
good hunting and llhlilng and promising future.
For additional ami complete particulars read
CT*wT PERRV,
/. ATTORNEY.
Ofllce up-stalts over the Clare County Bank, Clare.
JOHN GIBERSON,
ATTOKSKV AT LAW,
All business placed with me will receive prompt
and careful attention,    Hockafellow block, Clare.
WA. BlUKITT,
. ATTOKNEV AT LAW.
Houses and lots and vacant lots In village of Harrison, farms and farming lands for sale or trade
at bargains, Ofllce over Wilson Bros, store, Harrison.   Prosecuting attorney for Clare county. __
PHYSICIANS ANO SUHGKONS.
JH. CARPENTER, 31. I».
.    PHYSICIAN, SeiKSKOX AND ACCOUCHEUR.
Kull line of office drugs and druggists' sundries.
Ofllce and store south of railroad, Clare.
F.     'j7xoi>», M. I>.
>   I'HYSICIAN, SritOKOX aud accoucheur
Graduate of tho University of Michigan-
All calls promptly attended to day or night,
Ofllco over the Clare County Hunk.
SERIOUS CUTTIM AIFRAY
John  Husted  and Prank  Com-
rada Engage in a Fight last
Friday night and the
Former gets Badly-
Cut.
MSOKIXANKOCS.
JC. ROCKAFISLLOW,
• INSURANCE AGENT.
Represents the following first-class companies:
American fire, of Philadelphia; Home, of New
York: Niagara Fire, of New York; Fireman's Fund
of California, and Commercial Union, of London.
Dwelling houses for sale or rent. Ofllco comer of
Slatu and «Ast4th sts, up-stalrs, Clare.
PJ3A3. X. jBXOr.KY,
'tJ^%^maWtW^^uMn&^mSaiai A,ecWentr iuHOnulcS?
. at actual cost.  "viHnge property, Wild and Improved fanning landB foraale on easy terms.   Houses
to rent,   conveyancing, collecting, etc.   Office
over Dunlop's drugstore, opp. bank, Clare.
IDIEY TO LOAN
IK AMOUNTS OF
$50 ant Upwards
On Keal Estate In Clare or Isabella county.    Call
on, or address,
J. A. LIVINGSTON,
cornea?-,,**.   Mt, Pleasant. Mich,
C. •»'. t'KRRY. W.M. VOLKKY.
O. 11. SUTHERLAND, Casllior.
Clare  CO.-   BMK
[CO-PABT!»TSttSnil\ ]
OLABB,      -      MICH.
Correspondence—First National Bank of
New York;  Americifn Exchange National
Bank of Detroit, nnd Citizens National Bank
of Saginaw.
Money to Loan on improved real estate at
reasonable rate of Interest. 49
A-lu luoircH,        ~
Proprietor of the
"LIVE AND LET LIVE"
BLACKSMITH  SHOP.
Custom work and repairing done with neatness aud (li=iiateh and warranted,
Horse Shoeing a Specialty.
CarrlaccK, Buggies and Wagons Unpaired
and Painted in First class style.
A Fine Line of
Carriages  and Wagons
FOlt SALE CHEAP.
TTCTM.  A.  CNICl'ME,
TOBBLAB WELL MAKER.
I Warrant My Wells Never to
Fail as Long as the Metal Lasts,
and to Give Sufficient Water for
any CAMP, MILL or FARM.
Correspondence Solicited.
CLARE        -        - MICH.
MONEY TO t,OAIS.
In Small Amounts on Short Time on
Chattle Securities
.Approvfecl Notes
At a Reasonable Hate of Interest by
Sqii\tielF. Ping,
JUSTICE and NOTARY.
fflco orer Dunlop's Drug Store, Main street,
CURE,   MICH.
Conveyancing, Collecting, Etc. All work In
trusted with run will receive prompt
attention. 23
I have Just contracted for the entire output of
pine and cedar spalts from Rhodes' shingle
mill andany persons now wishing Bame
will be furnished at the following
rates, delivered:
1 Cord - - - §70
Oak Slabs      - ... 85
Dry Beech and Maple       -       -      1 35
JAY B. ROGERS, Drayman
X. B.—All Draying done atRock Bottom
Prices.   Trunks conveyed to and from
the depot for 10 cents. 20
Tlie noliemlaii Arrested and *Us
lixniniiiaUoii Set for Pebrnaiy
2itcl.--Haslecl      is      Gaining
Slowly and Will Soon Recover from Ills wounds.
Between the hours of 12 and 1 o'clock
last Friday night, John IJusted and
Frank Coinrada became engaged in a
light, during which Uustcd received a
couple of knife thrusts that came near
proving fatal.
The circumstances, as near as can be ascertained, which lead to the encounter
areas follows: About two or three
weeks ago, a brother of Conu-ada was
out one evening on a "toot," and heaped
considerable abuse upon Uustcd with a
view of getting him into a light and exemplifying previous boasts that he was
the better man. Husted withstood the
insults for two or three hours and iinally
became enraged and went at it and gaye
tlie fellow a sound trimming in a short
space of time. This news is said to have
reached the ears of Comrada, the cutter,
and made, the Bohemian blood which
Hows in his veins tingle with rage.
l)\\ the evening of the stabbing affray,
Frank Comrada and Ilusted both are said
to haye been drinking rather freely,
though not associating with one another-
Husted and ft railroad man named Barney J.pnglry were together, haying a
"good time." Comrada did not appear
to be associating with any one in particular, but was heard several times to
make inquiries as to Ilusted's whereabouts and his remarks were not suggestive of a tender feeling toward the latter.
Along late in the evening he went into
Ilusted's saloon and asked as to where
John was. Upon being informed that he
and Langtry had just gone out, Coinrada
asked their destination and a short time
afterwards was in their compan}-. Husted and his companion soon left the place
ana came down' town, evidently on.their
after their departure and was soon again
in their wake. When they came in front
of the saloon they tried the door to see
that it was locked* and observed the fellow standing across the street near the
Alger House. AValking up to the corner
of Dunlop's drug store they stopped to
talk a few minutes, when Comrada came
up and a few words were exchanged
about one following the other. The pair
passed on up 5th street toward Ilusted's
home and when in front of the house
stopped for a few minutes. They saw
Comrada coming up on the other side of
the street and stop on the corner oppost!*»
Ilusted's house.
John says that he then walked oyer
with Langtry to the Stevens House,
where the latter boards—Langtry going
into tlie house, he turning 'round and
starting again for home. When at the
corner where Mr. Ball lives, Husted says
that Comrada stepped out from around
the corner of the east side of the fence,
into the middle of tha walk and in front
of him and asked him what lie had been
following him for all the evening. Husted made a reply, whereupon tlie fellow
made a remark and at the same time a
pass at him, striking him in the face
with his fist and before he could recover
had shovpd two or three inches of cold
steel between two of his ribs under his
left arm, a few inches to the left of the
heart, which passed through into his
lung. This staggered Husted and he
reeled and fell upon his hands and knees.
The Bohemian was upon him and before
he coula gain his feet had given him a
thrust in the back, just at the left of the
spinal column. Ilusted gained his feet
and embraced the first opportunity to
put a respectable distance between himself and that unpleasant jack-knife.
Dr. Todd was summoned, dressed Ilusted's wounds and put him on the road to
a speedy recovery. He is recovering
rapidly and expects to be able to be
around again in the course of a week or
so.
A warrant was sworn out the following day before Justice Carpenter and
placed in the hands of Under Sheriff
Parrish, who placed Comrada under arrest. He gave bonds in the sum of $500,
with two sureties, for his appearance at
tho examination which is set for Monday, February 2nd,
Comrada is a man of about 27 years of
age. Himself, wife and two children reside in the Sheldon house on west 7th
street. He moved from Europe to this
country about 8 years ago. He came to
Clare last fall and commenced working
in the pail and tub factory, and his employers commend him finite highly as
being a first-class and faithful workman.
Comrada's version of tlie matter to
Prosecuting Attorney Burritt is to the
eileet that when he met Husted at the
corner near Mr. Ball's residence, John began calling him harsh name3; that Husted struck the first blow, which he par
red and then felled nis assailant to the
ground. Husted got up and clinched
him; they fell, ho underneath, nusted
grabbed him by the left forearm witli
his teeth. He'told Husted to quit bitoipg
him or he would be a sick man, which he
did not do, when he reached into his
pocket, pulled out bis knife nnd commenced carving. Slight imprints of
teeth marks were soen on Comrada's
arm the following evening.
One thing that does not show well in
Comrada's favor if ho was not following
Husted or Langtry, is the fact of his going up to Ball's corner, which took him
more than a block out cf the direct route
to his home, if that was where ho was
headed for, as he claims.
A GREAT NATIONAL WORK.
A. Cyclopedia Wliicli our Prominent and literary people are
Takiutf Interest iu.
An exhaustive special work on American Historical Biography has recently
been published by the great house of D.
Appleton & Co., of 2fe\v York, intended
to rank with similar works now being
published by Germany, England, France
and other foreign nations.
The following subscribers and endorsers have been obtained here for it by the
advance agent, Mr. F. L. lloiton; later
on a more thorough canvass is hoped to
place this splendid work in every family
library here:
The leading people of Detroit, Ami
Arbor, Saginaw, Bay City, Flint, Midland, etc., have also given their signatures.
This work is complete iu six volumes;
beautifully illustrated; indexes from the
act to the actor, in all events of American history, from the earliest to the
most recent date.
For Clare county the following are tho
prominent persons whose names have
been taken in a few homes by the advance agent:
Rev, Lee L. Tower.
Prof. E. D. Palmer.
Dr. F.J. Todd.
iO, IL. Sutherland, banker,
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Then
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New Boarding House.
I sec by the two last issues of the
DemOOIUT-Pkess that the T., A. A. & N.
M. railroad has changed its division from
Clare to Mt. Pleasant and that it was
done on account of the poor hotel accommodations. I was sorry to see that
our thriving village of Clare in all respects could not accommodate a few that
would come from other places. ,1 will
say to those that cannot find a place for
meals or lodging that I will open my
hone on east 5th street to accommodate
them. Board by day or week. Will
ccuiinence February 1st.
Mrs. Isabella Algeu.
District  Deputy   Grand    Chancellor,
F. J. Todd, was at the  county  seat  last
Thursday and installed   the  officers  of
Harrison   Lodge  Xo. 90,  Knights    of
Pythias, as follows:
P. (\—(Jen. J. Cummins.
C. O,—Arthur E. Doty.
V. t'.-S. Ave. Wilson.
V.—Mai' Deremer.
SI. of E.-1'lill Corey.
51. of F.—Henry Heisman.
K. of It. H.-W. H. Browne.
M. of A.-E. IX. Potter.
(}.—C. J. I'eane.
O. G.-Chas. lieek.
Following are the names of  the   new
officers recently installed by the A. O. TJ.
W. lodge at I his place   for   the  ensuing
year:
Jt.W.-Friedr. Lange.
F. E.-0. W. Perry.
().—Julius SehalTer.
H.-Wm. H. Elden.
Fer.-N. Uieknell.
Kvr.--A. W. Slelntyre.
(}.- A, C. Brodie.
I. W.-Jas. Fiek.
O. W.-Allen McDonald.
The following are the amounts that
have been paid on subscription to the
DEEMoatAT-PitKss since our last issue:
R. N. Anderson, Clare,  ....§2 00
Al.Fox, »             75
Mrs. I. Alger, "            75
Joe Adams, "        100
Wm. II. Thompson,"            50
D. McCormick.      "             75
John Brown. Farwel),       1 50
John Richmond, Harrison *. 1 00
D. MeMaPter, Dover,      .'. 1 50
D. R. Johnson, Loomis, 1 00
AVm. Lansing,      "  150
James Reed,        "  ...150
A. V. Coomer. Bav City, 1 00
B. B. Parish, Clare, 1 50
Laxsi.no, Mich., Jan. 21.—The supreme court decides Auditor General
Stone may recall all the tax lists which
his predecessor, "Tip" Aplin, sent to republican newspapers just before he went
out of office. lo holds that the dealings
with the papers were not contracts and
that Mr. Aplin could have recalled them
at any rime and given them to other papers. The test case was from Iosco
county, and this knocks out the republican newspapers, save in counties Where
there is not sufficient time to reconsider
the order.
EWS AND NOTES.
*• Items, of interest Prom
Various Sources.
* ^fr'^« U\S..V?,rtVres kll0Wn to*'\imn
■" i VA* sroiitcat, wo assert,
' I & wear a Uf toon collar
..< JponasLxteonshirt.
?$ ir-OW meats of Smith.
Ja*. Blair, Saginaw, Saturday.
8p| §k-like weather this week".
jj&u p Warren, Saginaw, Monday.
Ci ft^O'Donald, Saginaw, Monday.
°* 3"Tcrby sp011t Sll»day at Evart.
J$JZ ■SfBighnor, Mt.Pleasant, Tuesday.
Wfj .Goodman, Mt. Pleasant, Tuesday.
B.'\ feller, of Harrison, was In Clare,
Wcdflfi Way.
Df£ &tt want the best photo?
callf-j'DeVotrt.
>Wj-i» the time to have your
grapU^'at EeVogt's.
DeVjpgt is always ready to take your
pictu^ie-at the old stand.
AiM«»v piano   is  a  recent  fixture  in
Dolie.ii^'s new opera house.
* Ci«Jgfliable, of Meredith, was in town
Momfiljr morning on business.
Mi%Jacob Mason is recovering rapidly, tlimigh ii\\\ confined to her bed.
3frs. O. S. Derby has been visiting
with'h|r parents at Evart for the past
wcck.Y
J|rA^II, Wilson returned home last
Saturcpiy from a visit to her parents at
Big Risjids.
A,S*Woss, of Detroit, was in Clare
Moncjny awl Tuesday, the guest of Miss
May ijictnclK
The wft weather during the week has
ruineJIfce skating aud also what little
slclgh$»g wo had.
Circttlt court ad journed last^Saturday,
havhi£eleaned up pretty thoroughly all
he easel on the calendar.
Sami2eltef and Frank Skyring came
up frdwLoomis and attended I. O. O. F.
loflge ul Clare Monday eyening.
Wth; Bander was at Midland Wednes-
dayeveolng, attending a session of the
LoyjikQrhngo Lodge at that place.
■ A. KjBrowii, ex-editor of the Mt.
P!e*s«is«t-Tribuiie, lias established the
Dally B*t at South Bend, Indiana.
^rs.&G. Bishop, of Midland, a for-
me$OUrau?i caiue to town AVednesday
for.* aftffc visit with old friends here.
j,]?$rtrnnri has rented E. L. Squire's
r.'vth street* 'jqfit,weat of M, O.
ti \v','Pcrry ",vcnt to Davison, Genesee
couityfTnesday, to attend tho golden
wedding oE his parents at that place. He
will remain there until Saturday.
Tbe ait. Pleasant Tribune wants a railroad built from Bay City, via Midland
and Sit. Pleasant, to Jluskegon, but does
notsy who is to furnish the cash.
Wm. Parrish has been having a rather
serious time for the past couple of days.
It is feared that he sustained a breach
one evening recently, while making an
arrest.
air. and airs. A. H. Rockafellow will
commence housekeeping in a few days
in their own home on west 7th street—
in the house recently vacated by J. F.
Tatman.
Mathematicians figure that a man 00
years old has spent three years buttoning
his collar. How much time has been
consumed by a woman of -15 in putting
her hat on straight?
The beat sugar craze has struck a majority of the towns in the state, and if
the craze materializes into anything
more than talk Michigan will be the
sweetest place on the globe 'ere another
year rolls 'round.
The 4-months-old girl baby of Sir. and
Mrs.BurtBodine,of Meredith, died early
Sunday morning nfter a brief illness.
The funeral was held aionday afternoon.
air.Bodine is the flier in Mabie's shingle
mill at that place.
Any oNe thing that will make a man
good natural is to get a nice, tender
piece of meat when he sits down to a
meal. The good wives have learned that
by buying their merits at Smith's market
they can keep a continual smile on the
face of their husband.
Traveling men and Clare county people are thoroughly disgusted with the
present way in which trains are run on
the Toledo & Ann Arbor road. They
can not even go to Calkinsyille or Jit. I
Pleasant, a distance of ten or fifteen j
miles, via this road and return the same
day.
Rev. and airs. Andrew Kaechele arrived
in Olaro last Saturday, having Tjeen mar-
tiedat Leighton the Tuesday preyious.
They will make this their home, air.
Kaechele assuming the pastorate rf tbe
Lutheran church. They have the congratulations of a large circle of acquaintances.
Rev. A. AVithan, former pastor of the
F.M. church in this place, held tent
meetings in Alma last summer and organized the society which has just dedicated a new church which is located near
the college. Rev. C. A. Marshall preached the Gedicatlonal sermon and in a few
minutes, raised by subscription, nearly
seven hundred dollars and dedicated the
I church freo from debt.
DRY
GOODS
KIRKBEIDE
FINE
SHOES
NT We Shall now offer the following pods
"at and below cost" in order to close them out
before commencing our annual inventory, Feb'y Ists
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30 pairs white and silver grey blankets, at
80 cts up to $3 .
350 yds wool dress goods, desirable patterns, 36 in. wide, reduced from 40c.,.
35c, 30c, and 25c to close at 18c.
36 pairs wos. leggings reduced from 85c to
50c.
Hosiery, underwear, gloves and mittens
and all seasonable goods at correspondingly low prices.
See Us for Bargains.
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of Postoffice.
No, Not by any Means,
Providing yon bny yonr
Groceries and Provisions
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MASON & BOYD
They are unquestionably the LEADERS in that
branch of business in this section of the country. They
sell more goods than any other dealers in Clare county.
And, why! There must be a reason! It is is simply
because th§y sell honest goods at honest prices. One
man's dollars is as good as another's, and a child can
buy as cheap of them as a grown person. We are determined to keep in the lead, and our plan is well defined in the old time motto, "Quick Sales and Small
Profits."
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Come and see us.
It will pay you,
Farmers, we want your produce and will pay you
the highest going prices.
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