1891-03-20; Clare Democrat and Press

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CLARE, MICH., FK
RCH 20, [891
Official Paper for
Glare County and CITY.
NEW SERIES 10.86.
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mg9 Shawls, Shoes, Rnboors9 Mitts, Blurts, jura,v
aps and many other seasonable goods at prices that will
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I0W0, to those who do not understand the prices of Sugars,' Oils and
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And lasts until- all is sold, with prices as follows:
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For the week
From April 6 to 11
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No books ke-pt in our store to charge goods to persons at these
dirop prices.
All persons owing me on account, notes, mortgages; con-1
tracts or otherwise, will please call and settle at once and
My stock must all be sold and my business settled up
,*dlt>once. - Now', don't think that you are a friend ol mine and that
^tljis .does not mean you,   It means EVERY person.    I have wanted
vto;retire.froin business ior many years, and now am -determined to
do^so if I* sacrifice half my stock in the attempt,    So goods must go
! jit .some price.    All seasonable goods must be sold at once, for cash.
Granulated Sugar,
White C
Dark "C
Spear Head Tobacco,
Kerosene oil. No, I,
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5c lb
4c ib
4c lb
30c lb
£cgal
save* costs.
Teas, Coffees and everything at
same reductions.
To our customers, only*!
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To any person.   Spot cash will buy more goods than you;
ever bought before   for the money.     Money I want an
Money I will have, even if 1 am obliged to".sell a $ii|> cqa
3i?>tolSetafte^-my''ta*st§ale; Yours Resp'y,  /
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N.   BICKNELL
NEW FIRM.
NEW GOODS.
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NEW STYLES.
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And Prices that are Lower than Any.
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No Old Goods to Clear Out,   Everything New and Fresh.
In Wool, Half Wool and Cotton; in
plain, stripped and checked, and in
the latest colorings. Prints, Ginghams and Outing Flannels. Lace
Curtaing, Linen Tablecloth, Napkins and Toweling. CORSETS in different kinds
and quality, and in fact everything to be found in a   FIRST-CLASS DM GOODS STORE- .
ents' Furnishing Goods.
We call your attention to our Fine Line of Gents' Hats, in Derbys and Soft Felt,
embracing tho very latest shapes and shades. MISSES HATS and CAPS, and also £
large assortment of CHILDEN'S Hats and Caps, which are being offered at prices
lower than ever before heard of in this county. A fine stock of LADIES' UNDERWEAR. Gentlemen's Dress Shirts, Working Shirts, Underwear in cotton, merino
and wool.   Suspenders, Collars, Cuffs, Neckwear, Socks, etc., etc.
We are carrying a large assortment]
of the   celebrated A.  C.  McGraw
make of Ladies' and Gents' Shoes, ■
"which never tail to givQ satisfaction.
Children's School Shoes, Heavy Working Shoes, Baby's Shoes, Fine Slippers, etc
SHOES!
Wall
and Window Shades.
..__„ , ..„,„_ .w bore
■r, .uread news in haste* to their "very door,
.* ^rag that Clare was a Tillage no more—
■fft Lansing—a hundred miles away.
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^there is a road from Harrison town,
*;0ad gauge railroad leading down,
Shortest cut to the eapitol's dome.
~S*:ae demon .jealosy was knawing them
tt "ome
"^ iarough the flush of the morning light,
i'-">*owd, that perhaps had been, up all night,
$ -> men to pass as with eager flight.
-"lararr to stop in the <*eity"lso bad,
T7 .iad crossed the country, racing like
:"aad,
~ they felt some terrible need
getting" there quick, with "the   utmost
-:*.">eed,
-.oasing—a hundred miles away.
"""lisy took the train on the T. & A.,
•- travelled tiE-night—(it took all day.)
v £s the landscape spent away behind,
".'3 an ocean flying before the wind,
"7 figured how easy to draw Clare's fire,
~ thus to provoke their neighbor's ire,
- Glare should not yet don city clothes.
lid*they? Let's see.  The sequel shows.
";oi They snuff the smoke of the roaring
-   war,
ii *t "uaasing 's but a mile or so away.
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Th-j Brstthey saw of the?'city" folks,
'ip:-)T at them fired their funny Jokes.
v» hat was done—what to'do—they did not
know,
"bxe8ptthatthey'd,rdo"us, and then they'd
erow.
5?T the Hash of their eyas and their nostrils
i>lay,
They seemed to the whole legislature to say:
' We have come from Harrison all the way,
l-fe-pared to kill Clare's bill this very day."
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But "^herejs .June—the beardless youth? •
^> need to pay heed to him, forsooth!
That's what they thought. But while they sat
On sofas, flg'ring on this and that,
Aitdhbw they'd lay Clare out so flat*
ima.& just "sawed wood"—that is to say,
■jfe knew that he was not there for play,
■While the Governor was forty mites away.
Bpihey fixed their scheme, to get the bill;
gat June, all this while' was keeping still,
: jEto.? our charter, whioh now has gained such
,,!ame, .
Was- at Hamburg, • where the'  Governor's
name, ..-*■'. '
la letters which to us seem bold and bright,
Was signed in. approval that very night;
An^thus-itwas that we won the day,,    -
By keeping June on guard to watch the fray,
And- carrying    our   charter—(wasn't   that
• gay?)
^Hamburg, forty miles away.
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A Child Burned to Death*
Ht.  Pleasant, "March 16.—A   man
named Dennis Burns, bf Wise, a station
brf.the Cfoleinan branch ef the F. & P. M.
l^llL'oaclV came .here to purchase, - a coffin
"toj the "burial of his 7ryear-old girl,  Sat-
ay. ; He was very expited,  and told
undertaker that while he was at the
,pk pf the farm and his wife, was  at: a-
i^hbor^s, some'man had. .outraged -his
;i|le daughter, arid then poured**coal: oil
the floor and bed and set fire to** tli'em**
fife  was..'first discovered by  the,
who found ^the bouse, neaTly
ltU4,^yri^.; SwjQ"?d so.
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i She. told her mother that a man came,'
and after assaulting her, started the fire
as aboye stated. She was so near dead
that she could not give any further description of the man. Sheriff Kane took
the ceroner and a doctor and drove to
the scene and carefully investigated the
matter, but was unable to learn more
than a repetition of the aboye facts.
The bouse is burned with -all its contents, and the little ■sufferer is dead. . No
one saw any one come or go * from the
house, and unless some new developments occur the fiend will neyer be
known. Some think she set fire to the
house herself,#nd that the story of the
assault is untrue, yet if that had been
the case she could haye escaped out of
the house and saved-her life. There is
probably no truth in the reported assault.
An Enjoyable Event.
Evergreen Lodge ISTo. 101, A. O. TJ.. W.,
of this city, is enjoying a boom, so to
speak, for since the first of January it
has increased its membership fifty per
cent and still the applications pour in.
The degrees were conferred on one candidate' this week and the applications of
two others were received. After the
meeting on Wednesday evening the
members of the lodge repaired to the
pleasant home of Mr. "N*. Bieknell, where
a sumptuous banquet was spread and all
enjoyed the eyening splendidly. ° Mrs.
Bieknell and Miss Bieknell entertained
the company in their usual cordial fman-
her and came in for high praise from all
for their success. .When the eatables had
been disposed of (and to say that Bros.
W.H. Elden and Edwin "Russell were
"present proves that they were disposed
of) all repaired to the parlors where an
informal meeting was held and remarks
appropriate to the occasion were made
by Messrs. TJnicume, Bieknell, Alward
and Elden. The closing exercise was the
singing of "America," in whiqh all
lOined. Such a pleasant occasion has
"not'been enjoyed by the lodge since its
institution and it is hoped that other entertainments of the kind will follow.
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Before house cleaning in the spring call at IMERMAN'S NEW  STORE and examine his line of Wall'Paper and Window Shades, where you will be sure
to find just what will please you, at prices that are right.
Yours for Honest Goods at Honest Prices*
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New Store,
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Clare, Mich.
The village election at Harrison last
"Vyeek was yery spirited, The following are the officers elected:
President—E. E. Bracy.
Clerk—G-. W. Richardson.
Trustees—P. E. Witherspoon,  S. E.
Pierce and J. B. Joos.
Treasurer—E. W. Weatherhead.
Street Com.—A.'B. Toman.
Assessor—W. E. Aldrich.
Constable—C. Beck.
Member Board Beyiew—P. Cory.
A new and elegant lint of dry goods,
millinery and fine shoes just received at
G-iberson's.
WHERE ALL 1OTST GO,
Joseph Wilson, who, had he lived until
the coming August, would have been 81
years of age, died at about* 10 o'clock
Monday evening, March 16th, 1891, m his
home in. Vernon township, four miles
southwest of this city. "Deceased was
born in Ireland in the year 1810. At the
age of about 21 he emigrated to Canada?
locating near G-ault, where be was married to Miss Mary Bennett. They con-
tinued-to make their home in that yicin-
ity until early in the year 1879, when
they sold out and moved to Michigan,
locating upon a piece of land in the township of Vernon, Isabella county, where
they haye resided up to the time of Mr.
Wilsotfs death. The fruits of the union
were 12 children, nine of whom are now
living,viz: Mrs. George Gordon, of
Ereeland, Mich.; Mrs. Erank Banner, of
-Sineea, 111.; Mrs. H. Henry, of Beverley,
Ont.; Mrs. Wm. Cornell, of Staffords-
ville, Ont.; and Mrs, A, Lowrey, of Clare,
The boys, four in number—Robert, William, George P., and Judson—all residing in this vicinity. His widow, now
nearly 74 years of age, also survives him.
For more than 50 years they journeyed
together down the stream of time, sharing with one another the-' innumerable
pleasures and tempetuous troubles therein incurred. Time was fast tellirig upon
the aged gentleman. Twice preyions
had he suffered from & slight paralytic
stroke and again only a few days before'
his death was he subjected to a third * attack and in his enfeebled condition could
not rally frqm -its effect. * Tliat-, he; had
many friends-in the vicinity in-which^be
liyed is evinced by the long procession:
of sorrowing friends that congregatedLVat*v
the house at 10 o^lock Thursday -morn-,
ihg to pay tribute to the- last sad rites.
The funeral was conducted under, the
auspices of the Loyal Orange Lodge"..of,
Clare of which he was a member. Services were conducted at the M. E. church
iii this city at 12.o'clock noon by Rey.'L.
L.. Tpwetv^he;^
*!"T^wl;fe an^^^l|^^e.\:qeceas'eji
desire to express t"h^ii^5tncei;e ^ttianks;'
through tbe columns of the Desiockat-
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poor health for several months. BfeT
taking away is attributed to quick ec""**.-
sumption.    Emma .was the third ©2 c
family of .seven children, "Prank, figs2
27, and a little girl oi 8 years are the onl^j
remaining children t& comfort the <d:o
dining years of the fond parents. Tts
funeral was held Monday afternoon €& .•£".-
o**clock in the 7th street M. E. c^otc^ .
Rev. L. L. Tower delivering the ser-ra<sru
The remains were interred in the Ves'SoQ
cemetery. • ~   '
Mr. and Mrs. Tillotson are anxious *:0
express their heartfelt thanks to
friends and neighbors for their
during the sickness and  death
daughter.
Of   th<5Z?
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Motes.
A teachers' reading-* circle w&b
orga"£=
ized at the recent institute, with .Wo W-,
Green, president, and F. B. Hovey,-see^
■tary and treasurer. The teachers of tb3
county may soon expect from the sscfo
tary a membership . certificate tbroHgH
which they can secure reduced rates 5"i
the books to .be read.      •    ..  ..
TARDINESS," .'•:■:
There were 395 cases ®Z'i9mhi8h% :ji
the Clare schools during.-J-aau'?.^/ I>.«>
ing February there were l6&,*eaises;. Oils
Who is interested can easily judge from
these figures whether the present rule'vo*
lating to tardiness is of any value. Discing March the number of cases can.bei*-®-
diiced to about 50, if all parents will joia
in the effort as heartily as the majori'sg?'
haye already done. The average jaumb^ "
of cases for the* last twelve months bus.
been 234,'b'y no means a favorable -r^
port. If we. (parents and teachers) em.
reduce from aji average of 234 to ll&S ia
one-month, can we not expect much better results with a continuation pf ths
effort? ' .. *
•.* .-We regret that a fevv parents haye  .
talien a-hostile attitude toward-the board
and teachers because of the  rule.*;. But
we-are glad iihey are so few.   Tbe -great
majority of parents look  at the matter-
this way:   "I sencT -niy boy (or: girl) -fc^'
school to learn.".' ii^fiot.rich, and I cim^
leave him a lot of money, but. I would
like .to leavebim a "good- e'ducatipja,:   I
want him to learn all be^can &nii':0^\-his .
books, and I want. bim- tol Ifeaynp, :m6ri .
than-that;   Books are- all .well':.^-ea^gtij '•.
lbut;i'f .a, fellow comes out of '\;scfipl6t'\y$$*:{>
ai<>t-o£.bo6k learning and basn!^ Iflai-o^1"'
^arnT
neat and prompt in what he does, I think
there is something wrong. . My boy. is
serying his apprenticeship down there at
the school house. If he isn't there oa
time every day, unless something serious -
prevents, he wont make any kind of *& .
business man. Besides that I don't meaia.
to impose on the forbearance of a teacher
and the ,go6d habits of a school by letting
him come in late. Besides that I have ;-*
little pride of my own, if I am "not as
well off as my neighbor; I don't want my
child to have a reputation in school tot
being occasionally behind hand, for i.
have heard the teacher say that just 4
few pupils made most of the tardy and
absent marks."
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A Mystery.
ances for the numerous kind   deeds  an<
>vords of sympathy exemplified during
their recent bereavement.
MACK SCHTTNK.
Last, week Friday Mack Schunk was at
work getting out a quantity of timber.to
use in erecting a house on his farm in
Sheridan township, when one of the logs
rolled upon his left leg, jamming that
member badly and slightly fracturing
the tibia bone, producing«a seyere shock
to the nervous system and blood clotter
to the brain, causing apoplexy. The
accident occurred about 11 o'clock on
the day mentioned. He got upon one. of
his horses and rode home, about a half
mile distant, and was assisted inside. Dr.
Maynard was summoned," who arrived
promptly and attended to the injuries.
Nothing serious was looked for and it
was expected that he would recover.-and
be all right again in the course of time,
but that evening he began to grow worse,
and when the doctor visited him the following day he at once perceived that his
patient evinced symptoms that made his
recovery almost hopeless. His parents,
with whom he made his home, began to
feel alarmed and realize as the hours advanced that the dreaded moment was
fast approaching. At about 6 o'clock
Saturday eyening he breathed his iast.
Mack was 26 years of age; unmarried,
and a young man'of many noble traits of
character. He had many warm and dear
friends among his host of acquaintances
who join with the grief stricken, aged
parents and other relatives in mourning
the sad occurrence that led to his seemingly untimely taking away. Though
comparatively a young man, he had suc-
ceeded-through his steady and industrious habits in securing a nice little start
in life—two fine farms, a handsome
young team and numerable other effects
and was getting in shape to take things
easy as years advanced. He was of a robust and cheerful, nature, which makes
the parting seem the harder.
The funeral was held on Tuesday at
the home of his parents. Rev. Loun
•preached the sermon. He was buried in
Cherry Grove cemetery with Masonic
honors; Corning lodge,-of wbich he was
a member, having charge of the ceremonies. The funeral was the most
largely attended of any ever held in that
township, there beieg 34 teams in the
procession that followed the remains to
the cemetery.
EMMA E. TILLOTSON.
Emma E., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H.
K, Tollotson, died at 8:40 o'clock on Saturday evening, March 14th, 1891, at the
home of her parents in this city.    Her     Giberson has kuocked the bottom -put
age was 22 years, 3 months and 14 days I of prices on clothing, .bats and caps  ang
at the timeof death.   She had been in ^ boots and shoes.
"But the county seat, it shall not "be,.-   - - '
"Beeauseit isn't "built that-way."
• The above is from the Cleaver.   .Just
what our Harrison contemporary is trying to get at. is hard to determine.   There
is perhaps some hidden meaning in. its
poetical effusion, but if the  Cleaver .-is
really in possession of information that
"the county seat shall not be," it  ought
to come out flat footed aud tell us  all
about it.   This going "in   a , roundabout,
way   (around by  Marion    and    Lake*
George, for instance) when  there is s*
direct route, is tedious,  and,  as experi-,..
ence hath proyen, ineffective.    Keep. u&
in suspense no longer, but  explain why.
it is that "the county seat shall not be."
P. S.—Quit writing poetry.
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Card of Thanks.
Feeling truly grateful to our fmends
and neighbors for the innumerable kind
and sympathetic words and deeds ten-;
deredin our behalf during the recent
death of our son, we desire *- to express
our utmost thanks. To the ladies of the'
Relief Corps we desire to extend especial
thanks for the beautiful flowers" ,an<I
kindly assistance. "Not forget the Masonic fraternity.     ~
Mjr. and Mrs, Jos. Schunbu
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At the village election at Farwell last
week three tickets were in the field. The
total vote was 86, and th'e officers elest
are:
President—Wm. A. Carpenter.
Clerk—D. R. Wait.
Treasurer—C. S. Carpenter.
Trustees—J. L. Littlefield, Geo. W-
Graham, E. White, Jas. Richmond, >Ym.
H. Martin.
Assessor—L. L. "Kelley.
St. Comm'r—John Keen.
Constable—T. C Russell.
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