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CLARE, MICH., F^K vMAY 33, 1891.
Official Paper for
Glare County and CITY.
NEW SERIES NO". 95.
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Until further notice—free with, every
dozen cabinets, one 8x10 frame, glass,
back, mat, cord and screw eyes, at De-
Vogt's ground floor gallery.
S. W. Hopkins, of Mt. Pleasant, made
this office ---Stf pleasant call yesterday
morning. He was on his way home after a business trip to Harrison.
The King's daughters will serve a ten
cent Supper at the Baptist parsonage
east 7thv street, next "Wednesday evening from 5 till 8.   Everybody is invited.
The Bay Port building stone for the
newunioji school house has arrived and
been delivered on the grounds during
the week, and the work thereon is under way.
John, William and Henry Edwards
returned home Wednesday from Corun-
na, whither they went the Friday previous to 'attend the -funeral of their
father. '
All ladies interested in the laying of
the sidewalk to the cemetery are earnestly requested to meet at the" home of
Mrs. A. J. Doherty tomorrow (Saturday) evening. j.
Thomas W. AveriH, whoi resigned his
position last week with W. H. & F. A.
Wilson, goes, to "Lansing to act as first
assistant book-keeper in the auditor-
general's department.
Henry Stevens was at Bay City Tuesday for the board of watep commissioners and purchased a.quantity.of' pipes.to
be used in extending the main down
■/17th street td Lamb's mill.
The city council has ordered a new
sidewalk built-from Main street along
State street to; the' cemetery, several
ladies of the city having presented a
petition for that purpose.
The state evangelist of Congregational churches will oceup the pulpit of the
5th street Congregational church in
this, city next- Sunday evening. He will
preach at Dover at 3 p. m.
Mr. Stine, the gentlemanly little fellow that clerks at Wolsky's, is looking
rather lonesome for the past few days.
His wife went to Chicago Monday for
several weeks' visit with relatives and
friends. .....".
Glark, nee > Miss" .Cora.. Ai
re. Tuesday en;"-
Next to Postoffice.
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We Greet the Publie with a Greeting of
Great .Value, and
Here it is:
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FLIER NO. 1. ■-
G. A. R. Boys, Decoration Day is near at \
hand and you will
want a new G. A. R.
suit. We place on
sale today 25 Slaters' blue suits, sizes
35 to. 42 at
$8.00   $8.00  $8.00
These same goods
are sold the world
over at $12,
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FLIER NO. 2.
Today we plaee
on sale 25 ele-
summer
new pat-
and well
made, at a priee
never heard of
in Clare Co.
i(    Until these are all sold,
take your choice at
$6.50 $6.50   $6150
These suits   are  well
worth a ten dollar bill.
HIGHEST IN QUALITY.
LOWEST IN PRICE.
fi. ffezel^
One-Price«
Clothier,
Opera House Bloek, Clare, Mieti.
.   NEWS AND NOTES.
Various Items of Interest From
"Various Sources.
Jacob Mason, Saginaw today.
Follow the crowd to Wolsky's.
C. H. O'Donald, Coleman, Monday.
A fine rain this morning.   Thanks.
Clean up the yard and in the street.
More like summer the last few days.
Derby can sell you an awning at city
prices.
Postmaster Goodman, of Loomis, is
in the city to-day.
George B. Whitside was in Saginaw
yesterday on business.
Dr. and Mrs. Shaw, of Calkinsville,
visited in the city Sunday.
Charles Friedeborn is making extensive repairs to his residence.
Mrs. J. H. Wilson is home from Big
Eapids, after a two weeks' visit.
Charley Bigley was at Shepherd Tuesday and Wednesday on business.
Rev. M. D. Eogers, of Shepherd, was
in the city a few hours yesterday.
A. Blevins, of Marion, is visiting
friends in Clare and "Vernon today..
County Clerk Richardson was down
from Harrison Tuesday on business.
Doctress Goodman, of "Loomis, was
one of the city's visitors on Tuesday. .
Dr. Todd reports a boy baby born to
Mr. and Mrs. P. Chappell on Monday.
George W. "Lee's residence on west 6th
street is receiving a new coat of paint.
Bargains in every line of goods in
Wolsky's store for the next sixty days.
" Jack " Morley, of Saginaw, was the
guest of A. J; Dohertyin this cityMonr
day.
Mrs. Frank Skyring, of Loomis, was
in the city on a shopping tour Monday
morning.
Will Clare celebrate the 4th of July,
1891? If so, it is about time to set the
ball rolling.
MisS Dorna Benner went to Big Rapids yesterday for a couple of weeks visit
with friends.      '
A little early in the season for coons,
but some certain ones were out hunting
Monday night. »    ■
Wm. Roach has opened a cigar store
and soft drink store, in the Geo. Hal-
stead building.
. C. W, Perry was at Corunna two or
.three days the first of the week, as attorney in a law suit. .
There will be preaching at the 6th
street Baptist church every SundayW-
ening, commencing at 7:30 o'clock, until further notice.
-Brad Stearns lost two fingers from his
left hand in a Mt. Pleasant mill last
week.^
Byron Boyd is making extensive repairs to his residence at the corner of
Maple and 6th streets.
Wm. Wolsky went to Chicago Tuesday eyening, where he has been during
the ^eek on business.
A light rain Wednesday afternoon
did a vast. good. More of it would be
appreciated accordingly.
- D»D. Bailey has been appointed postmaster at Crooked Lake, vice S. H.
Graham having resigned.
A. T. Stevens is learning the hard-
warjB business at Doherty's store. "Art"
ought to make a good one.
-Wm. Giberson went to Clifford Monday,--where he has been during the week
closing out a stock of goods.
A.good idea of the doings, of ye city
dads can be had by reading the council proceedings in-another column.
. . Thos. Allison took his paraphanelia
to Dover and moved a building for Wm.
Crawford; Tuesday and Wednesday.
Foreman Louch requests the firehoys
to meet next Monday evening at the
hose rooms. Topics of interest are to
be .""discussed.
Mrs. Wm. Mcintosh, accompanied by
a couple of lady friends from Coleman,
was in the city Wednesday on a shopping expedition.
"W. S. Cooley had the entire flesh
stripped from the end of the third
finger on his right hand Monday while
nnloading stone.*
Jay Rogers' street sprinkler did duty
for the first time Tuesday. He is paid
by the business men who donate fifty
cents each per week.  . * ..'
.The Ladies' Union will meet next
Wednesday at .the home of Mrs. L. T.
OMs. - All members of the society are
requested to be present.
/iJiitil further notice—free with every
doten cabinets, one 8x10 fi'ame, - glass,
|b£t^£, mat, cord and screw eyes, at De-
V<^'s gi-ound floor gallery.
enry.Heisma'n, ex-landlord of  the
is House at the county seat, has ae-
cejijed a position as manager for the
Ht^rison Furniture Company.
"". he Gladwin Democrat says: An im-
poi ing row of. fire alarm boxes adorn
wi streets, but we are willing to wager
•^hjft one-half of them "will not work..
■. and Mrs. John Requadt, of Sag-
r, are visiting in Clare, the guests of
and Mrs. M. F. Chamberlain and
and Mrs. Will Goo-iman.
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A. J. Doherty, the hustling Clare
merchant, made the- dust fly between*.
Clare and this city Saturday. He made
the Enterprise a friendly call, and expressed himself forcibly on the doings
of the squaw buck legislature.—Mt.
Pleasant Enterprise. Don't let it worry
you too much, Mr. Editor, as "AL"
doesn't, always mean everything he
says, especially regarding politics.
The board of. supervisors convene on
the second Monday in June, the 3th, for
the purpose of. electing a representative to the state board of .equalization,
which is composed of .the lieutenant-
governor, secretary of state, auditor
general, state treasurer, and land, commissioner. Their meetings - are- held!
once in five years, convening on* the-
third 'Monday in August.—Harrison
Cleaver.
Fred Hickey purchased this week of ■
Isaiah Feighner. the lot and store build- ;
ing at the corner of Main and ■ 4th sts.,
which for many years past has been occupied by Feighner Bros, for a meat
market. The price paid, was $1600.: Mr.
Hickey contemplates erecting a handsome brick structure on the: site early
next spring. He is amply able to put
up a good building if he .undertakes it,
and there is no doubt but that he intends to. ;.
The "Running Wild" comedy compa-.
nyat.Doherty opera house ^Tuesday- ev- "
ening drew a large house", andmany are '
heard to express themselves as IMaMngr
it the best attraction -so far given at \
the new theatre (baring the band concert, of course!). ,The numerous baltli
heads that adorned the front Seats are*
greatly disappointed, however, as their
expectations, had been worked up to a
high degree by the attractive1 advertising paper which the company displayed.
Its too bad,, but they dont take the matter at heart nearly'as bad as Charley-
Chase does over the trickGlark Sutherland played on him.' :   *
For some months past. Mrs. M. FL
Whitney  has been, afflicted with derangement of her mental faculties. .She-
has been- stopping in Genesee-- county/
during the * winter with fela-tives said?.
aesday en"- nndetgdihg treatment, but l^-feiprom;
her husband is in the employ, of the F,
& P. M. railway company, and where
they will make their home;
Wolsky's big bargains in his. great
clearing sale is catching people for
miles around. Nearly every train brings
a crowd to his store: 'When he adver-.
tises a " big reduction in prices " the
people know he means what he says.
, There was not a very large crowd out
to hear Prof. H. R..Pattengill's lecture
on "Down in Dixie," and as a consequence the high school library fund
suffered somewhat. The lecture is said
to have been very interesting, however.
The new Calkins House is now an
assured thing. A large quantity of
bnilding material has been delivered on
the ground during the week and the
stone work.'for the foundation, will be
commenced next Monday or Tuesday.
This is glad news for .everyone in Clare.
Messrs. M. F, Chamberlain, John Re-
quadfy A. J. Doherty and Will Goodman had a jolly time yesterday catching trout in a small creek near Dodge.
They were quite successful, and the fun
they had—well a 10-hoop barrel wouldn't
hold it all. v
James Louch,' foreman of hose Co.
No. 1, was at Lapeer Wednesday and
Thursday as a representative of the
Clare fire department at. a meeting of
the State Fireman's Association. He
reports. about one hundred delegates
present and says he learned many valuable points.
W. A. Burritt and John Quinn, of
Harrison," went to Detroit Monday for
the purpose of negotiating the $10,000
improvement bonds recently voted by
Hayes township. $2,500 of the amount
is to be given for the establishment of
a grist mill, and $4,000 for a wooden
ware factory.
The board of review for the city will
be in session next Monday and Tuesday
at the office of J. C. Rockafellow, upstairs, corner Main and 4th streets. Go
and see if your property is assessed'too
high. Then is the time to do your
kicking and not wait until you come to
pay your taxes, and then find fault with
the tax collector.
The population of Gladwin county is
.4,208, dividing the townships as follows:
Billings township '253, Buckeye township, including part of the village, 581,
Butman township 260, Clements township 683, Grout township, including part
of the village, 1,564, Sage township 547,
Tobacco township 196. Population of
the village 903.
A six-year-old son of Mrs. John Herring, Z% miles south of the city in Yernon township, has a broken jaw and is
minus four teeth since last evening.
An older brother■.•was riding horseback
when the little fellow slips up behind,
catches the animal by the tail and commenced whipping him. The horse did
like the familiarity.
brought her tp Clare, and on Tuesday^
accompanied by his brother Ed., they
took: her to the asylum at Traverse City
for medical treatment. Her misfortune
is occasioned by continual ill-health.
It is hoped by her many friends here
that she may speedily recover, as she is
a very bright and cheerful; lady under
ordinary circumstances.
On Tuesday a representative of the
Demockat-Pjress was in  Saginaw on
business, and having a couple of hours
leisure time took occasion to call at the
new dry goods establishment of Button.
& Company, limited,  located  in the
Tower  Block  (formerly*   called    the
Music Block) with a handsome  frontage on Genesee avenue,  and also  on
Lapeer street.   The scribe was  shown,
through the establishment and, is under obligations to the  firm, for very
courteous treatment.    The gentlemen
who have leased the store—A. L.. and-
J. W. Button—are too well known to.
the people of this section to,,need, introduction through   these    columns-
The store has an area of 50x77- feet, is
three stories high, the. entire -building"
being occupied and one  of the  finest,
arranged and best adapted for its purpose  in  northern. Michigan.      Each.-.
floor is filled with choice  and. elegant*
goods of every variety and pattern,, the- .
latest styles and novelties being carefully selected and. now  arranged, preparatory to being opened to the. trade..
The location is one. of the most centifaL
in the city, being on the city's favorite* '
highway and but a few steps from Jefferson avenue.   The first floor will t>e
devoted to dry goods proper, and after
all the arrangements have been  completed, with the elegant shelving now:
in course of construction, apportioning:
goods to their different departments, it,
will make one of the mpst  convenient;
and best places for purchasers to make?
their selections in this particular line,
in the city.   The second floor, which,
has the same area as the first, will be
devoted to the cloak and shawl depart-,
ment, ladies' muslin underwear,  Japanese souvenirs,  etc.,  and will comprise during the different seasons, of:
the year, all the new and latest novel-.-
ties in the line of goods enumerated^
The third floor will be devoted to  car- -
pets, oil cloth, rugs, mats, linomleum,.,
curtains, draperies and duplicate stock.,
The firm of Button & Company,' limited, desire to extend a cordial mvitatiGH*
through the ' Democbat-Pbess to  the
people of Clare and vicinity to make
their establishment headquarters "when.
in Saginaw. .   . ■     .
The ladies of the W. R. C. will serve
dinner at the G. A.^R. Hall Decoration:
Day. ]-:.:.■•      Blanche G-»xmanv .
. Secretary. *
Forepaugh's circus will be seen in.
Saginaw on Monday, June 3th.