1891-05-01; Clare Democrat and Press

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BY MArTVEJJ.EATON.
ESTABLISHED:
■Democrat, Ilec, 1884.
Press, April, 1878.
CLARE, MICH., FRIDAY, MAY i, i8gr.
Official Paper for
Glare Cuuniy and CITY.
NEW SERIES NO. 02.
Dry Goods
and Shoes.
RIDE-
Dry Goods
.>*  and Shoes.
WE TAKE PLEASURE THIS SEASON JN SHOWING THE
Largest and Finest stock of
BESS GOODS, Furnishing Goods, Curtains, Draperies, Table Linen, Hosiery and FINE SHOE
ever Put on Sale in. Clare Oounty.
If when reading this, any doubt should enter your mind, pleases» so kinds a
to visit our store and see how tully we can verify the stat-^xent.
OUR DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT
Is overflowing with all the new choice lab-
rics of the season. LaC^, Ginghams, Zephyr Ginghams, Scotch Gingham**. Sutsuma
Crepe, French Chambrcys. Fine Outing
Cloth?, Persian Mulls, Kyber cloths, Diagonal Pongee, Satis, Challies, Linen Pongee,
and many other weaves can be fount! in
fasli Dress G-oofls Beplrai.
In Wool Dress Goods,  We  have  livery-
thing Desirable this Season.
MEN'S FURNISHINGS.
A complete line of Outing
Oloth Shirts, Switz-Conda
Underwear, Neckwear, Hosiery, "Working Pants, Jackets, Umbrellas, Etc.
MEN'S MSHINGS.
SHOE^EPARTMENT.
Thesegoo;'l*ihavea.n unparalleled popularity. Fovfern'ort, Durability and the lull
value of vour "money,
BUY THIS FAVORITE MAKE.
We have In. stock Men's Congress and
Balmani' injistlf, Dongola, Buff and Grain,
at $1. $1.25, $1.50, §1.75, -52.00, $2.50, $2.75,
§3.00, (Great Value), and the best at $4.00.
Two hundred acres of boss pasture
adjoining tho oity of Olare, Cows, 2*5
cents per week,   Apply to N. Bieknell.
The band concert at Doherty Opera
House next Friday evening will be very
entertaining, and deserves your patronage.
Gordatiier, the -1th street barber, is
working up a very line patronage. He
is doing good work and treats all his
customers courteously.
The poor of Michigan newspapers, the
Detroit Fret' Pre**, will celebrate its
GOthanniversary next Sunday by issuing a mammoth edition,
Corey Bros, a- Co's shingle mill at
Harrison, loca ed nt tlm lower end uf
the lake, burned to the ground Wednesday. Loss about ,~l.-"i<rti: ; ;-.!ir>-l for
Srvi'X).
All members uf the \y. R. ('. are }•<•■
(JUCsf-'d to be at the town all ]ii-\t V/> i-K
Wednesday at 2 p. m. Important business on hum". Jiy order of the pre*.;
dent.
From latest returns received at the
state di paitment it is thought that the
amendment -.riving Attor.vy General
Ellis his j**»,'i*iit sdnry iner-ase h:ss been
carried.
AU those intending to attend the
grand encampment at Detroit in Aug
list are requested tn give their l.aiue in
Mrs. AVm. Parrish. (".••'•«». so that  a-
B. F, Richardson, of Temple, Clara
county, was a welcome visitor at my
sanctum ou Wednesday, The gentleman says that that town, is flourishing-,
finely this spring; anew shingle mill,
six or scwu nev,- hou-es and a new jewelry store are recent additions. Temple is nicely located on th" T. t; A. railroad ne the banks of the Muskegon
1 river.
The lire whistle was blown Monday
afternoon just to see if it was in good
working ovder, and it was. The whole
' !•:•■.:  <■.•;,- ••.■*!;.   tr'uhteued, and when
FULL LIN&OFCHILDREN'S SHOES.
Our trade is not eonfined within the cit# limits, but extendi throughout Clare
and adjacent eounties.
Through
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Our Immense Collection,
Will be to your advantage and will assure us of your^rade.
KIRKBRIDE
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KIRKBRIDE.
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the veasiii:. ur 1 ilner i he lack of reason,
for the alarm was understood, it was
umrumo'c-ly voted :: very si-ly thing to
do, especially when t]je fear ot  (ire was
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laiigemeuts ca:i b • ncidi-1 >r 1 hem.
In order to start the sale of Spring and Summer Clothing with a rush, we will offer
for TEN DAYS, commencing
Make It Business lilke.
A11 ingenious advertisement is not
necessarily a good advertisement. A
clear, plain newspaper announcement is
worth many intricate though clever ones.
-aturday
XBWS AND NOTES.
Various   Items  of Interest j.-rom
Various Sources.
Band concert next Friday.
Wm. Boswell was in town this week,
Dr. Shaw, of Calkinsville, was iu the
city Monday.
Do not forget the band concert next
Friday evening.
Miss Cora Mosher.of Mt. Pleasant, is
clerking at X. l'icknell's.
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Our entire stock of Light Weight Clothing,
including all the most stylish andfashional3lei-(!,^,,,M;'s'B-Til,mauV't'"itle,1(,p,west
! 1 tli street, a new veranda.
fabrics in Checks, Stripes and Plads. These
goods are all well made and durable and are
Bargains at $12, $14 and $16. But for TEN"
days take your choice for
DOLLARS
A sprinkling hydrant is being put in
in front of Welch's market.
John Brown, of Farwell, was doing
business in ihe city yesterday.
Mrs. C. S. Chase visited friends at
Mt. Pleasant the lirst of the week.
Will Wilson, of Harrison, was one of
the visitors to the city thin morning.
The M. K. church liniliimg is receiving that much needed coat of paint.
Hon. F. A, Wilson is looking after his
pine land interests in the southern
siates.
Dense smoke anil Hying dust has permeated the atmosphere during the past
| few days.
! The King's Daughters will meet with
| Mrs. Thomas McComb next Thursday
: atlernoon.
j The annual sale of lands for delin-
j queiit taxes takes place at Harrison
! next Monday.
; The woods are full of lire aud unless
rains prevail soon considerable damage
is liable to result.
Geo. "W. Smith has neatly fitted up
his house on Beech street and moved
his family therein,
C.I. Bigley drove down to Loomis
'Saturday und did n big day's work iu
|the insurance line.
■■    Ah'iut the next move this thriving
Iyoung city will make will he for au
electric street railway.
Key. J. H. Lowe will preach in the
Baptist Chapel next Huuday evening.
All are invited to come.
Postmaster and Mrs. Kirkbride spent
Sunday in Loomis. the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. J. R. Goodman.
"Coney" Piper, of Big Rapids, visited
with his friend. J. II. Wilson, of this
city the first of the week.
There will be a covenant meeting at
the First Baptist Chapel on Saturday,
May 2d, at 2 o'clock p. m.
Rush Shearer, of Lansing, and A. M.
Shearer, of Chicago, are visiting their
parents iu this city this week.
J. K. Housed, of Mason, was iu the
city yesterday doing business for the
Lansing Iron iY Engine company.
Joe Myers returned from C.'irleton
last Saturday, where he had been acting as relief operator for a few days.
Mrs. P. C. Sanford and little son, of
Mt. Pleasant, visited with her husband,
Dr, Sanford, iu this city over Sunday.
Edgar Welch, who for the past three
or four months has been employed on
the Democbat-Prkss, commenced athree
mouths' term of school last Monday iu
the Bradley district. Sheridan towhship.
Mrs. E. J. Spring, of Coleman, accompanied hy her son Johnny, was iu
the city on a chopping expedition Wednesday.
The barn ami blacksmith shop of the
Mt. Pleasant Lumber company at that
city burned Monday, causing a loss of
about 82,OW.
The Ladies' Union will meet at the
home of Mrs. Van Brunt Wednesday,
May (5th. All come, as there will be
plenty of work.
John Cleveland, operator at the F. &
P. M, freight depot, had the misfortune
to loose a twenty dollar gold piece the
lirst of the week.
The common council will, elect a city
marshal, city attorney, chief engineer,
street commissioner and water board
next Tuesday night.
The hoard of education hope to have
the new union school building completed in time for the opening of the fall
term in September.
Clare Lodge, I, O, 0. F„ has adjourned until Monday night, May 11, on account of the moving of the Wolsky
building in which they moot.
, opei.1 hoi,.-- licit F.
i .ill  get  v'nir  iiit< .
| lii-T-ic ;!'!.' Hui:h' ■:.    • .., • <• ' "   '!.:- o» '.■'
■ •;  '.'-die -f ■>;••(■■ .;•  X ■-,,.{   :. Mich"
j.;.;i, and to maintain such au < <i-*,mi*Mi -
; tion require*. ninr>* or less expenditure-'
j V«';j tc.l.i ;> 'ii'e i;i t],. h'e'iu;-,-, ,,s,!,, m-Vor
i ti.ij at -i- . ■• in pul/i'c.    "\"<>w show your
! a,.preci::'! i ■    Ir*     "oinrihutiug    y"tn
miijit ;i>'i»> ■-•Mippi-rt. Ye-.: this means
.'.■•■ii. <-ii":i!'d :iM.
Seymour Wilson purchased tle li'ih''    Mondny  ■•.:•*. .,   '--.••/y
house that \\.,- located »u F, B. Horn-, wind hi. ;w"i;<; ;uth --.uu'ii:
lug's lot on east ."ith street, which he is j after nightfall.    Fire-, had b.
moving onto a lot on west State street. Ut-unp p"'1 s --fiuh of the F.
just in the rear of Warren Kellers res- j coal docks, and the wind soon fanned
idence. fl;.. ikunc ]nt.j a h->t lire, which spread
The Mt. Pleasant station of the Toledo, Ann Arbor it Xorth Michigan railroad has been moved a half milo nearer
the business portion of the town. Tho
citizens have bee-n working for this a
long time and are now happy.
Rev. AV, L. Laufmau, of Evart, will
give a free "lecture at; the M. E, church
next "Wednesday evening. May Cth,
Subject: "-Stealing a Maroh on Your
Generalian." Let every one turn out
and hear this popular lecture,
To-day is the time, for letting the contract of, erecti|ig Clare's new brick
«clfo^Jl't'iftiiain^ Architect Fred Hol-
Ji'-'&'j.j'^.-^y^
tractors and builders', arc iuthe city today on business connected therewith.
On Wednesday afternoon Misses
Minnie iiudDissie Budd and Mary Joos
left for California for their health. The
former two went to Pasadena, the residence of Mrs. W. II. Mosteller, and the
latter to San Francisco. -Harrison
(.'Ifi.triv.
The proposed celebration of the an.
y. s high
■•irt- until
>■ ■ ; it. in
P. M.
rapidly and commenced eruwlh'g ui>
toward the coal dock, and clouds- of
smoke enveloped that whole section of
tho city. The railroad and factory folks
were on guard all day, as the wind blew
directly from the lire in tho direction-
of their buildings, and there was considerable uneasiness until the wind
phifted to the nortnwest, and thus
averted the danger.
After a brief career in the meat market and grocery business in this city,
Fred Lee last Saturday night decided
to close his shop and try his hand at        i
something else.   The' groceries ware.       '5    ,
^^i^^ef'icVi&n&i-siis,  Th* ffitfur-fl*.       $ ,
of his meat market are advertised for" '.
ftile in auothbr  column.   Were  I  to.
judge, would say that Fred acted ratlwr-
hii'-Uly.   H» hud one of tlie Yi-iy best
meat   market   outfits in Michigan: a
fresh and clean little stock of groceries
and one of the best locations in. the-
city, anil there Wii- :•■) «i«'» v.h' *■»'•
could not have done a lioin"*.hing hu*-i-
uess if he had husthilt i cater to the
of ()dd Fellowship, which was l'»l*lic want
mversary       .........
to be held at Meredith last Moiidav ami \ "hirrison people have a bill b-for-
liarticiputed in bv the several lodges of <'"* "tale legislature to incorporate that
the county, was declared olf because of ''>w» """1<'1* a l'ltv charter. The bill
the high rate of transportation wanted l'«'vid<-s for three wards and also that
bv the railroad company. "J"' ''''a'"*'1' Audl h"  ''' ■"•«'«*■••'■" «"' H"'
Hiram DeFoe has the material on the |'",il"''1 l,f supervisors by virtue of his
ground for a large addition to his i-s-; "«»<•'*■   The biil l.a- 1 a*-*i-i vi.e Lou-:*
hlence oil east Ttll stwl. The eXcaViv ;»lldi'..me- up l,,.f,,ri- the smi.:-" Com-
titui i-.imi.li. for a hirgestone cellar, and , ,!ii,f"!' !" •""' \Vi..ln..**«lil.v. at vhi.-h time
a stone foundation will be laid Un,i,.r{c<.mmittees from Harris->:,. v'ha-e :u..I
the entire structure. He will have a I other parts of the comity will be pres-
tine property when the work is com- j '*"'* t(> m-gue the case pro and con. Clare
people oppose  the bill on the ground
that tlie representation upon th" board
proi
pletcd.
A log burn and large frame barn ou
the farm of the Widow Merrill, three
miles south of the city, burned to the
ground yesterday atternoou about '•)
o'clock. Bard work on the part of th»
neighbors saved the house, which was
only three or four rods distant. A
small insurance was on the property.
This morning one of Rogers' dray
horses, while crossing the railroad track
at the Main street crossing, got his foot
of supervisors provided for in the bill
is an injustice, figured from th.• number of people in Harrison and the por
cent iif taxes paid in proportion to
other sections of the county. The bill
will probably be knocked out.
A fair sh.ed audience was in attendance last evening at Doherty opera
house to witness the production of a
popular a.'d  enjoyable  enter!aiumeut
caught between the plank and rail ami called "Temple of Fame," bj local tal-
threw him to the ground. The horse's ent, under the auspices of the ladies of
leg was quite badly sprained.    Several | the Congregational church.    Some idea
times have horses been thrown in a like
manner at this place. Seems as though
there is something wrong.
The roof tn the shed attached to
Goodman'** hardware store was discovered to be burning briskly yesterday
about noon, but was extinguished
without calling out the department. It
is supposed to have originated from a
spark from one of the mills. Kvery-
thing is exceedingly dry aud too much
precaution cannot be taken.
Last Sunday night about !):.'!i' o'clock
fire broke out in :i dwelling house on
'id street owned by Mrs. C. Bigley. The
tire was well under way when discovered, but the department responded
promptly and succeeded in putting out
the flames. The building and contents
were badly damaged. There was a
small insurance on the property.
Messrs, Harry AUen and Willis Peak
of Mt, Plea-ant. were in Hie city Wednesday extending invitations |o the K.
of P. boys and their friends to attend a
grand,n-'■-pi ion andba'i '•< be given by
the i'rateriii'i.v of that ny in tln-i''
beaut if ul hall next Wednesday evening.
There are several who have already signified their intention to be present, I
can assure all of courteous treatment
and a good time.
of the magnitude of the production
may be received by the fact that about
forty-five characters were represented,
the costumes of many being simply
elegant and very costly. The arrangements of the stage were also very beautiful. Did space permit the Democrat
PfiEss would be pleased to enter into
detail and give each character the mention of which it is deserving. But suffice to suy, each one did their part to
perfection, and a more pleased audience ni'Vi r assembled in the new opera
house. iAnd.bylm- way "Mr. Doherty
only admits first-class companies."i So
genei'iil wi'.s the satisfaction of the evening's entertainment that many requested the performance to be repeated, so
it was decided to again produce the
play on the following evening to-night.
Friday. May 1st with prices reduced
to lo, ]:> and 20 cents. To Mrs, Russell,
of Mt, Pleasant, under whose manage.
ni"ut the entertainment was produced,
much credit is due. and the ladies of
ihe Congregational church feel trnly
grateful for her untiring efforts. Mrs.
Uussell represented the part of "Jenny
Lind," and ho beautiful washer singing
that the audience cheered her repeatedly, and called her back upon the stage
several times.