1891-02-27; Clare Democrat and Press

              ESTABLISHED:
Democrat, Dec, 1884.
JPreas, April, 1878.
CLARE, MICE, FRIDAY,
NEWS AND NOTES.
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Various Items of Interest From
Various Sources.
A. J. Doherty, Midland, today.
Registration day—next Saturday.
Wm. Wolsky, Farwell, Wednesday.
J. W. Calkins, Calkinsville, Monday.
Oranges, 15 lor 25c at Welch's market.
See those §1 lamps nt; Elden's   bazaar.
Lemons,  25c  per dozen  at  Welch's
market.
* Ben, Patient is again at home with his
parents.
Village election one week from  next
Monday.
Large juicy bananas at 30c  per  dozen
at Welch's.
Master Howard Stickle has been very
ill this week.
Thos. Lees was down irom Harrison
over Sunday.
Saml'l Levington's dog is another victim—poisoned. «
Chicago loins V2}£ cents per pound at
Welch's market.
Miss Mae Bieknell visited friends in
Farwell Monday,
Roads arc rough and J11 bad Condition
Sleighing all gone.
Candidates for tho respective, village
officers are being talked of.
Mrs.R. M. Mnssell has been somewhat
Indisposed during the week.
W. II. Eeid of Sheridan township was
at the county seat yesterday.
Miss Nina Turner, of Evart, is visiting
relatives aud friends in Clare.
Fred Hickey and John Sweetuian went
to Detroit on business Monday.
Nuts, candies, figs, dates, maple sugar,
currents and raisens at Welch's.
John Sexsinith was in Detroit Wed-
desday and Thursday on busines.
Choicest brands of Hour, also home
madejnickwheat flour at Welch's.
O, S. Chase was in Saginaw and Detroit two or three days this week.
Chas. Bailey of near Harrison, changed j
cars here for Midland on Tuesday.
The building stone for Wolsky's new
Business block are being delivered.
Next Wednesday is the time for regu-
lar.meetlng of the common council.
E. H. DeVogt took the first step in
Masonry at Farwell Tuesday evening.
Dr. Todd was summoned to Lake
George Wednesday on professional busi-
tlrely iunhdated and resembles a. big
lake.
This is the last week and almost the
last day in which to pay your township
taxes.
Miss Orfera Smith has accepted a position as clerk in John Imerman's new
store.
Dan. Mater went to Barry county Monday for a two or three weeks' visit witli
relatives.
□Elden has just received a new stock of
air guns and a new cartridge, 22-caliber
boys rifle.
Earl and Miss Alice Austin visited
|rieii<|s at Ludington a couple  of  days
this week,
Will Goodman, JO§Gph Dixon and M.
D.Eaton were visitors at Mt. Pleasant
on Monday.
An English lever watch, fine gold case,
taken on a debt. For sale or trade
at Elden's bazaar.
It is snowing as we go to press, the
weather is cold and prospects are for renewed sleighing.
Dr. Sanford was summoned to Mt.
Pleasant Monday owing to the illness of
one of his children.
J. A. Livingston, of Mt. Pleasant, made,
the Democrat-Press a pleasant visit
yesterday alternoon.
Attorney Canfield, of Harrison, changed cars here yesterday, bound for Cadillac on legal business.
May, the S-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Alger, is very ill this
week with lung fever.
Owing to bad roads nild the disagreeable weather, business ha3 not been Wry
lively here this week.
Rev. C. W. Smith, of Ikrife'dh, drove
down last Saturday Arid! made a brief
visit with frienfls hel*e\
Miss Jennie LesS^ of Saginaw, visaed
in Clare oyer Sunday, the gu-ast of ;her
aunt, Mrs. & W. Calkins.
If-ybu Ihtend getting n carped 'this
spring call at Wolsky's *^torc unci -exam-
itfte&fine line of samples.
Sam, bacon, dried beef^ Fi'aYikfort sausage, fresh and salt fish and the best line
of meats in town at Welches.
Monday and TneBtJfiy were  genuine
wMfel£
Mrs. A. M. McKay of Vernon, started
Wednesday, for a four or five weeks' visit with relatives and friends in Ontario.
Haye you noticed that fine English
earthenware dinner and tea sot in Elden's
bazaar window?   They are elegant.
Elden has just beon down east and has
purchased a fine stock of goods which
will bo displayed at bis bazaar in a few
days.
M. A. Herrick, who suffered a broken
limb two or three weeks ago, is not pro.
gressing as favorable as might be expected.
Miss Emma S.exsmith was at Calkinsville oyer Sunday caring for her sister,
Mrs. B. Coming ,Shaw, who has been
quite ill.
On Tuesday morning water was higher iu the little creek in the south part of
town than it has been before in several
years past.
C. W. Perry went to Lansing Monday
to attend the democratic stato convention, having been chosen a delegate from
this county.
Mesdames T. P. Horning, E. D. Whea-
ton, C. W. Chase and H. E. Wheaton, of
Mt. Pleasant, are visiting relatives and
friends in Clare this week.
Miss Lillle Converse has been engaged
to teach the school in District No. 3, Gil-
more township, Isabella county, recently
yacated by Miss Mary Gorr.
Messrs. C. W. Perry, W. A. Burritt aud
Henry Razek wero at Lansing Thursday
aa delegates from Clare county to the
democratic stato convention.
Ed. A. White came up from West Bay
City Monday on business connected with
his farm one and a half miles east of
Clare, returning Tuesday afternoon.
E. H. DeVogt is putting in a lot of
glass front shelving, decorating, painting and fitting up yery handsomely the
front room of his ground floor gallery.
Those who attended the council meeting Thursday evening report a more, interesting entertainment than Barnum's
circus, A regular "Chris Jacobs'' time.
Register of Deeds Aldrich, of Harrison, was in town a few hours Tuesday.
He had been up to Farwell attending a
meeting of the soldiers' relief commission.
Miss Jennie Smith, of Harrison, came
down Friday afternoon for a visit of
several days' duration with her many
friends here.   Shells  the iguesfrdtMies;
There will be two caucuses held  next!
week for nominating candidates for village officials, both at the council rooms,
one on Friday evening and one on Saturday evening.
The Ladies' Union will meet at Mrs.
Jenncy's next week Wednesday, Mareh
4th. Members and all interested are re-
(-ucs-ted to be present as important business is to be transacted.
Carpenters have commenced repairing
the damages to Mrs. F. A. Jefferies' residence on east 5th street, caused by firo nt
the time of the burning of Doherty's
harness shop, The wing part is being
made two stories high. The repairs will
aggregato about $325.
The man who is constantly looking
for work aud praying all the while that
he wont find it, Is man who complains of
hard times. The man who sits around a
saloon or grocery stove aud refuse every
job that is offered has no right to. porn-
plain of tlie price of flour.
Wm. Baker wishes to say to thjuniblic
that he has moved his present busines'S to
tho Callaghan building, opposite of
where he was formerly situated, where
he will be pleased to meet his old customers. Ho carries a full line of everything that is kept in a first class bakery.
L. H. Pines, of Saginaw, general baggage agent of the. F. & P. M. railroad,
was in Clare Wednesday. He also acted
In capacity of agent for the Royal Av-
canium, an insurance order, and secured
the following members: Eugene Cogswell, Joseph Stapleton, John Merrill and
Frank Armstrong.
A wild cat wag caught about six miles
north of Clare Monday, which was sold
to John Phinisey. He engaged Dell
Holmes to mount the "animal, and al]
who have seen the beast, which is in the
window of Beemer's saloon, give Mr.
Holmes much credit for the excellent
I manner in which it is put up.
Monday evening about twenty couples
met at the pleasant home of Dr. and Mrs.
Todd, where they were pleasantly entertained for the evening. It was a complete surprise party. Pedro and other
gtimes were played until aboutl2 o'clock,
when the merry band broke up. All in
attendance had an excellent time.
Friends? who have marriage or death
notices, or who are visiting or having
friends visit them, should write a brief
notice and send it to this ofilce. That
would insure its publication. It would
take a lively editor to know everything
that 10,000 people in Clare county are
doing. Don't blame the paper if you
fail to send in the notice.
Tho centennial of John Wesley's/'*
will be observed at  the  M.   !$&&!*'
nextSuuday morning, MarxsJajBlS^
Wesley.    Mr. John Giberson will give a [
"Historical Sketch of Methodism"  and
Miss Matie McKinley  will   speak  Upon
the    "Educational    Interests    of   the
Church."   The same programme will be
and Press.
7,1891.
Offiolal Paper for
Clare County and Village.
NEW SERIES NO. 83.
Curtis Palmer, of  Sheridan,  went  to
repeated at Lansingville in the afternoon.
S. C. Zeiter, of Loomis. was doing business in Clare Wednesday. He reports
business rather lively at Loomis this
winter, nis mill has been running
steady and no time in several years has
Lansing Tuesday as a delegate'frora "this !!ie h*m !sWe \° .obtai.n f15}*T&*  *TU'
county to the state P. of I. convention,
which was held at that place Wednesday.
He will return Saturdav.
A genuine thunder ktorm prevailed
Tuesday evel.lllg, lightning illuminated
the sky and rain came down in torrents
at intervals all night. Nearly every par-
tical of sno ,v has disappeared.
The infant child of H. McKay, of
North Main street, died from the cil'ects
of scarlet fever last Saturday. The funeral occurred Sunday, the remains being
interred in Cherry Grove cemetery.
Alton Burnharu, who for the past three
months has been teaching school in Benzie  county,  returned  home   Saturday.
calcu-
years
that
spring days, but the weather   caught a'
bad cold Wednesday \norning.
Patronize. BoWM & Gordanier if you
want a fir *t clfcSsTJhava or hair cut. They
are ski'jifiiVaiha-careiul artists.
T>^-wert Weather of the first of thei
wr /ik. •ero^lrfied the needs of a sewer
«\Jo^Ma'rhsfcreet in this village.
•sjotimiy Button, of the Bonanza StOre'l
titMt. Pleasant, was doing business at
'Cuire on Tuesday and Wednesday.
^W. W. Green, of Harrison, -changed
car3 in Clare Monday for Mt.Pleasant,
Whether he -was called on legRlltmsiness.
Monday he left  for  Lansing  to resume'
his studies in the Agricultural College.
A small child, while playing with
matches Wednesday, set firo to one of
the rooms of Henry Steyen's hotel. The
blaze was discovered before it had gained
much headway, or great damage might
haye been dono.
Tuesday aftorftM* D. E. Alward Was
taken wUh n ftstteh" in his back while
on duty at tWe tub and pail factory, and
for SOmei&me was unable of himself to
move, sle is on the gain now under the
'citre'diEDr. Todd.
Ordinance No. 30, of thlri Village seem8
to have been enforced, as tlhe pound was
adorned by five head of "cattle last Saturday. That's right, ruta them in boys, as
long as people will sltow them to run at j
large to annoy others.
Charles A. Lyw, who for seyeral years
has practiced law at Farwell, haa decided
to locate here, feaving secured office room
In the Duttlorp block, just back of M. J>
^Lossing's^eTital parlors, Mr. Lyon Will;
moye fcwc next Monday.
Joseph II. Carpenter for village 'presi-f
dcntVatod. Charles I. Bigley 'for Milage
clO^k-, are candidates for le'electldh. They
tove faithfully discharged'the 'duties of
'their respective officers arid given ipierfect
satisfaction. Why ''tot 'noniftiatfe and
re-elect them?
Mr. and Mrs. A. 'C.'G6fd?i*>ier very
pleasantly ehtdrtain6d a large *party of
friends last-Saturday'eVeliiiig at their
home on west '1st 'street, A tempting
lunchtidh wsis 'served, and podro and
dancihg'made the' sliort hdurs to mid-
ni£(httoll 'rotm-d'Very pleasantly.
WRY__C0USINS.
«eujs of News from the
^orlnjj Towns ana Bur-
bunding Country.
?'      WISE NEWS.
E(Ja«gw visited friends here.
Id-a1*f&s'1 f8 spying in Loomis.
Emnlrl'bbe'1 vislte(3 at home Sunday.
Mr8.3$!Icyis visiting friends in Saginaw, |.;:i;
Mre*-jf^j of St. Louis, is visiting
fricttdftpre.
The ffcehprs of this township have organize/** lending circle.
^r.^fyBurdick.Emma Hubbell, Cas-
siGNiaWlR and Etta Wilson attended
tho te-tf&ijr's association at Calkinsville.
Dis.t^c>4Ko. 2 hired Miss Wilson one
moiuhtWi'trial. She gave good satisfaction awrliylil teach a four months' term.
HATTON NEWS.
Mr* $f5'ellt ant' family huyo moved out
of towtsT'
Johilffarlat has gone to his home west
of Mt. fMtasant. '
Cbarjey,DIngman came home sick a
few da^i ago but is now able to go to
work ag^titi.
Mr. tmd Mrs. N. Dingmau have coni-
mence-Jiioiise keeping in the building
formerly occupied by G. Losia, in upper
Hatton/
Mr. Jas, White, who represents the
firm of i".M.Norris, of East Saginaw,
recently^set up a piano for Miss Tavia
Sullivafi.
Mr. M. Scallon, who is lumbering near
Coleman, viiited over Sunday in Hatton
with lift wife. Mr. Scallon thinks he
will finlBh his lumbering operation in
about four weeks.
DOVER  NEWS.
Olllo Fetters has boen visiting his sister, Mrs. J. Miser, for a few days.
The sun shown so brightly on Monday
that nearly all of the snow  disappeared.
Considerable   thunder  and lightning,
followed by a heavy fall of rain on Tues-
dt>y nlglx
L. D. Adams  of  Dover,  was  quite
pleasantly surprised by a goodly  number of hi*friends on Wednesday night.
Armour Allen is seen smiling at every
iiejjfncepl'uesday night, because  of  a
ytjhgs]jfrf|fcafrj who  In  a  few  short
elplng with  the  farm
IJjht IfttWednesday evening.   Hope it
nve such an effect on him as  it
in K. of P. we  know  of  on
DROP, DROP, DROP!
Kick, Kick, Kick!
The DROP refers to prices at Bicknell's store on all Winter
goods. Overcoats from $1.50, up; Boys' Overcoats given away with
a purchase of $10. Rubbers, Socks, Mitts and Shawls must be
closed out at once.
The KICK refers to our competitors who kick hard when we
drop prices, and from now till May 1st, 1891, they will not h,ave;
much time between kicks.    We are bound to sell.
Now, I will warn  you  in  reference  to the kicking.    When we
drop Sugar to 5 cts per pound lor Extra C  White,  the  kickers will
tell you that is one of our dodges; others will tell you we mix meal
Jin the sugar, just as if you  were  a big  tool  and  could not not tell
meal from sugar.
Then, when we drop Spear Head tobacco to 30 cents per pound
they will tell you that we can't sell it for that price but that we
have a brand manufactured for us only and it is mixed with cabbage
leaves so we can sell it cheap. Now, it is plain he takes you. fbr a
chump, so pay the 50 cts for a pound and never look at mine.
The same old kick will be made when we drop oil to 8 cfs w.
gallon. They will tell you that I have an old man in the back room
pumping water in the tank.
Now, we have commenced dropping prices on different kinds of
goods.    For next week we will drop
The week alter
Boots stxici Slices^
The next week
Hats jBi-xxei Ostrpjsiv
The next week
IDiry Groods,
And the following week we will flood the market with Hayr
Oats, Flour, Groceries, Pork, etc., etc. Now, come directly to the
Old Boy and get the value of your money.
Yours Respectfully,
N. Bieknell.
of logs and shingle bolts.    He
1 .tes tlvii it will  take about  ten
more to  finish his  operations  at
place.
Nicholas Leniinn who for several years
occupied the Spring farm two miles east
of Clare, moyitig to McClure, Gladwin
county, about three years ago, was in
town over Sunday shaking hands with
old friends and acquaintances. It was
his first visit here for some time and he
was considerably surprised at the many
improvements. His actions indicated
that he was a little sorry for having
moved away.
J. O, RockafellbW-, agent at this  place
for the Niagara-.  Home  and  Fireman's
Fund   insurance    companies,   received
notice 'today from   the  said   companies
that trfcy bad decided to pay  the  recent
loss'occasioned by ihe burning of A. J,
Doh'erty's harness shop and wave house.
The full amount is §2400>    Mr. Bocten-
\ Stellow says he felt certain tbat the los%H
would be paid, after tho companies  had
got together and talked" the matter over.
W.Goodman A Co., have, •purchased-!
the vacant lot on Main  sttStet,  betwecnj!
the  Rockafellow   block    and    EldeiiV
bazaar and are now  thfoking   seriously
of erecting a fine bushiess block.- thereon
during the  coming  Rummer  for   their
hardware stock.    If they  cwwhide  to
buttd,in all probability   Wnu H. -Elden \
will erect a handsome double store'bi.ild-
ing on the 'lot   where  his  ba'zaat  now
stands,  also   filling  tfee space  on  the
ntirtb.   Mr, Rockafellow may, also, erect
a'brick building on ttee corner.
'"•Be careful to advertise in some shape
tir other," said P. T. Barnum not long
"ago, "because it is evident that if a man
has ever so good an article for sale and
nobody knows it, it will bring him no
return. The whole philosophy of life is,
first show, then reap. This principle applies to all kinds of business, and to
nothing more eminently than to advertising. If a man has a really a good' article there is no Way in which he can
reap moro advantageously than by 'sowing' to the public in this way."
didntt
cid a ^tain M.. of i'. we
taklrtg the third degree.
\v\~L. Lyons, in company with his
wifcj and Mr. George Leach started for
C'are on Monday and had proceeded
as far < as A. N. Whitlock's when
the horse became frightened and upset
tho cutter and all were thrown out, but
fortuuately no one was injured. The
thill was broken but with careful management all wa3 righted up and the pilgrims departed on their way.
Pedro.
1ax5ingvlixe news.
Tho thaw put a shortstop to log haul-
in °*.
Jim Marlin returned to  camp  today.
He has been at home sick for a few days.
Miss Hattie  Bowen   returned   from
Sears Monday afternoon, Where she  has
been visiting for the past ten days.
Will Jennings drove over to Vernon
last Sunday to hear Rev. Newell. He
did not forget to take his neighbors
along.
Stanley Lansing took possession of tbe
store belonging to Mrs, Scott last week,
haying bought t>. Jenning's interest in
the concern,
Bowcn's mill started up last Friday.
He has a full crew and they svl-e (driving
business. Ackerman & Son's httye a large
amount of logs in the yiVd.
O. Hart felled a tati White ash tree on
bis farm which "contained a swarm of
?)ees which WWe \n good order. He cut
(frit a section <ot the tree and now has a
Watic bee Wye iu his yard.
The-oyster supper, kindly mentioned
in the5Democrat-Press last week, was
wol'l attended. Notwithstanding the
wtedy night, a load of the good people
oE Sheridan were over. We hope they
enjoyed the supper. Credit is due to
the brother who so cheerfully advertised
our oyster supper from the desk. Mr.
Bailey, the auctioneer, has the thanks of
the society.
cause it is a success generally.
Sale will continue next week be-
THE NEW ST
THE NEW STORE
Has come to stay and carries a Fine Line of
Dry Goods
We
My Stock is fiew and goods are arriving daily,
are adding new novelties in Dry Goods, Hats and Caps,
Boots and Shoes, Wall Paper and Ladies' and Gents4
Furnishing Goods.    No trouble to show goods.
Eight cords  of good  building
Wanted on my lots in Claro.
83-2wk J. F. Tatmak.CI
One day last fall a man named Duncan
Smith, of Clare, came down from camp
and told J. W. Calkins that Edward Uni-
cume had sent him after a quantity of
oats and wanted them sent to his camp.
Calkins put up about 70 bushels of oats,
delivered them to the man and charged
same to Unicume. Mr. Calkins presented
his bill and Mr. Unicnme refused to pay
for them on tho ground that he had never
ordered them. When Smith got the oats
he shipped them to Meredith, sold them
for cash and put the proceeds in his
pocket. Mr. Calkins commenced looking
stone I the fellow, up and last week secured his
\arrest. The matter was settled by Smith
giving a mortgage on his house and lot.
SHOES,     SHOES,    SHOESl
The Great Question is where can I get the Finest
and Best Wearing pair of Shoes for the Least Money?
You can get your Answer by calling at the NEW
STORE in the Dunlop Block.
~"4$**.r'*t)tilm
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Remember that half of my stock is not here yet
but wiil be in the course of a few days.
The New Store,
DUNLOP BLOCK.
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