1890-02-07; Clare Democrat and Press

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Democrat, Sec, 1884.
Press. April, 1878.
CLARE, MICH., FRIDAf, FEBRUARY 7, t8Qo.
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Local News.
Eggs, 15 cent*.
Butter, 18 cents..
Apples, $1 per bu.
Potatoes, 40 cents.
Gold, light rain Sunday.
Woio' is the time to advertise.
Considerable sickness at present.
; Physicians are very busy these days.
The. price of butter arid eggs is on the
line.
Charley JBigley  made- a trip to Mt.
Pleasant? Tuesday.
Ave. Wilson, of Harrison, was in town
the firs't of the week.
Mrs, Cyrus Babcock visited her sister
at FarwelLlast week*
Attention!   Take your paper rags and
old rubbers to Carpenter.
•Harry O'Donald and W. S. Cooley ma
a yisit to Farwell Tuesday.
On Monday, Postmaster Goodman, oj
Loomis, made a visit to Clare.
.Sonre^f you are„'a little slow in paying your subscription accounts.
This and That.
Ordinance ISTo. 6 appears in another
column.
Only about one month before the annual village election.
Cyrus Babcock went up Tuesday to
cook in Scallon's camp.
J. C. Rockafellow attended Masonic
lodge at Farwell Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Jos. Williams returned Tuesday
from a visit with friends at East Saginaw.
George Whitney, of Mt. Pleasant, spent
Sunday in Clare, the guest of Charley
Bigley.
Mrs. Lon Tatman, of East Saginaw, is
the guest of her sister, Mrs. J. F. Tatman,
in this village.
The Flint & Pere Marquette railroad
^company are putting up a large quantity
ice at Lake Station.
Thos. Pickard has conquered the grippe
and is back to Clare again looking after
his lumbering operations.
^ Arthur Stevens went to Chicago Tues
Dell Comp andL. Grathwohl were v?§| &&J for a couple of weeks' visit with his
f brother, Dr. Wm, L. Stevens.
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itors to. East. Saginaw Tuesday.
. Ralph Derby, of Farwell, was in town
,the first of the week on business.
Miss Allie Adams visited with Mends
in. Wheaton the first, of the week,
Miss Winnie Benner visited with rel-
relatiyes in .Meredith over Sunday.
K. Bicknell has been in* Saginaw the
greater part of the week on .business.
On Tuesday, SaleyFeighner made one
of his*eyery-other-day visits to Mt. Pleasant.^'' ^        %  ,",      :
MY. Only for three or four weeks good
lghiiig.' 'Twould make many a heart
glad. .
;:' lMi*s. Forham', of Stratford, Ont., is visiting with 'her daughter, "Mrs. J. H. Gal-
liver.- *.».■
." Mrs, O. S. RichardsVof Coleman, visited
in'Clare this week, .the guest of Mrs. Jas.
^Louch) . .' ■     ,^
"I  Mrs., Bf. Lamb has been yery sick for
^the^ast,'cdupie of weeks,' but is some-
jwhat better,now*;    ....
V Mrs.'-Sam'l./Leyington went to Saginaw on\Wedriesday; "afternoon to attend
the, funerarof a relative.   v
• C. wJ Sterns, of Clare, and Al., McKin-
non, of Ternoir, made a business trip .to
' Bay City and return- Jfonday.
The theatre-golhg and fun-loving peo-
v$*$mh
S3 OJ
'"enterfekisashts.
frrwi
; John3|cDonaldrwho has been yery ill
athiffjiomeon west 7th street, for the
past several'weeks, is recoyering slowly.
* •.f Missdames Goodman and Chamberlain
returned Saturday evening after a five
,daysvyisit at Flint, Clio and East Saginaw, '
:.We have come to the conclusion that
,'it is far easier to enumerate those who
^'haye not been afflicted with the grippe
ifchan those who have.
Some" measley cuss came along the
other eyening and stole an $18 overcoat
that was on display in front of Giberson's
clothing store.  No clue is obtainable.
Glare people were very much disappointed in ,the entertainment given by
Hqvey's.Star Specialty Company at the
, G-. A. R.. hall last Friday evening.   'Twas
rather a bawdy affair.
The F. & P. M. company are hauling
heavy freight trains these days. Seventy-
fiLye and eighty cars being hauled by one
engine pass through here nearly every
day, bound for eastern sea-ports.,
. Saginaw Courier, Tuesday:   Mr. and
- Mrs, Geo,-W., Piper have returned from
Mt, PJLeasant. As' an indication that
sjpng. --weather "prevails, -in Isabella
cdpnty as well as here, Mr. Piper, report-
■   ed seein^livo snakes in that region.
W. i£« TJurritt, of Harrison, changed
cars-neire Tuesday morning on his way to
Roscommon on legal business for Jonathan jioyce, the lumberman.   'Tis stated
that the latter gentleman proposes to test
^e new; tax law, in the matter of his
■$£ taxes in that county.
^ , B.^GV Stark, state agent for the Niagria
Insurance company, was   in Clare last
Saturday ^and adjusted the loss caused by
the repent fire in the: Central Drug Store,
.    allowing Mr. Mussell $70—$20 on building and §50 on stock and fixtures.   Mr.
Stark.was the guest of J. C. Bockafellow,
the company's local agent, during his stay
■ in town.
. In -various parts of the state farmers
are somewhat alarmed regarding the new
weed, buckhorn, which has appeared in
their clover fields the past season. A
Jacikson seed dealer said recently, "a
good deal of the clover seed,raised this
season contains buckhorn seed, but no
one desires to buy, for the weed once in
the field, 1t is almost impossible to destroy it." -
- The subpoenas required under the new
delinquent tax, are making the county
clerk, a world of trouble. The greater
part of them requires^ searching' of the
county records, as the property has in
many cases been sold or transferred to
other parties since the tax was assessed.
. The work is rather more than can be expected of the county clerk, in addition to
their other duties, but the. law makes no
provisions for paying them for the extra
work. , "   ".
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The Other Shore. |FQUR   YEARS  AT JACKSON.
Little Johnnie Ort, mention of whose!;	
serious illness was made in these col-fe—. .   ,   ^,    ^ •' ...
umns last week, died on Monday a^This Is too Sentence fussed Upon
noon, February 3rd, between the -hoursf  A. A.^haver, Clare County's IDe-
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of 2 and 3 o'clock, at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ort, on east 6th- r
street. Johnnie was possessed with
more than ordinary intelligence and a
happy, cheerful disposition, which won
for him many friends, especially among;
his schoolmates, with whom he was a
general  favorite.    His illness  was   of:
brief duration, dating from the Tuesday
previous; the camplication being inflammation* Of the bowels and lining of 'the
Nearly sixty days before the annual
township elections, yet the political pot
has already commenced to boil.
Sidewalks were covered with a glary
coat of ice Tuesday morning, making it
very disagreeable for pedestrians.
We are in receipt of another letter
from Hatton this week, which bears no
signature, therefore we cannot publish it.
Thomas Dwyer, foreman for F. D. Patterson & Co., has been home for the past
ten days, very ill with the grippe. - He is
now able to be out again,; however.
Editor Canfield, of Harrison, was in
town last Saturday on his way home
from Marion, .'Tis rumored- that; he is
about to establish a paper at that place.
We received a pleasant visit on Tuesday from J;otin:jMc, Guire, one of the prosperous farmers, of "v^ernoh; township; who
called. to renew bis subscription to the
Demockat-Peess.
T..P.Horning was..in town Tuesday,
shaking hands with o!d~ acquaintances.
"Tob" conveys the: idea that he is getting
wealthy oyer at Mt. Pleasant, and we
hope that he is.
. H.H. Graves, of.Mt» Pleasant,; yas, in
Clare Tuesday on legal businessan3*&ak- |^tierj'the laje,:
ing hands;.with. Ms numerous, a<
noon train i«r Marion.
George W. Piper, of South Saginaw,
visited Saturday and Sunday with his
mother and brother in Vernon township.
He made this office a pleasant call Monday morning before his departure for
home and renewed his subscription to
the Democrat-Press for the current
year.
At a special meeting of the school
board held Saturday eyening, the resignation of A. A. Shaver, moderator, was
accepted and W. H. Goodman was elected in his place. Henry Ort was elected
a member of the board to fill vacancy.
Sundry accounts were allowed and the
board adjourned.
The "great Hew York store" pulled
out this this week, bag and baggage, and
there evidently is no one very sorry.
They failed to catch many suckers here
with their revolutionary relics and have
gone to pastures new. A. J. Doherty
had quite a time in collecting his rent
from thenx, but he got it just the same.
Jonathan Boyce, th& lumberman, was
in Clare Tuesday morning. He is an unpretentious looking; old codger, and a
person not knowing who he is would
take him for a ruralist from the backwoods of Clare county, rather than the
millionaire that he is. Why, there is a
lawyer up at Harrison that displays finer
"togs" than he.
The- board of superintendents of the
poor held their regular monthly meeting
at Harrison Tuesday, and audited accounts
to the amount of $23S 27, distributed as
follows: Surry township, $52 S6; Wii>
terfield, $25 87; Grant, $29 27; Hayes,
$20 35; Sheridan, $2 50; poor farm, $107-
42. Superintendent Mclntyre states that
the grippe is the cause of a large part of
the.present heavy expenditure.
In its issue of Feb. 8th, The Leisure
Hour, published at Tomaston, Maine, will
commence the publication of an interesting serial entitled "The Strange Story
of Allan Quantermain's Wife,"  by H.
patience and fortitude,
earth as calm.and silent, as the dews, o:
eye tiporf'a summer rose.   Those presen
at thelfist moment were impreased sy»:
the ■'scene, and' his parents feel that thei
love'd onais at rest in a fairer, happie;
faulting Treasurer.
He Is Also Held to Answer to the Charge
of Appropriating 84,815; or, in Other
Words, the County Kbfcbery of 1884.
. Albert A. Shaver, treasurer of Clare
county, during the years 1880-4 inclusive,,
who confessed a few weeks ago to the
embezzlement of $1000 pf "county money
during h|s term.,of office, :W.as, on Monday, sentenced
by Judge Hart to four
stomach.. His suffering was. intense, but jyears hard^labor in the state.prison. The
he bore his last trials with remarkable?- Judge, was at Harrison attending to^ari-
He passed fromjoiis duties arid on the afternoon of the day
qamed called Shaver before him, dejiy-
red a somewhat lengthy lecture regard-
tag the use fqrwhich themoney was expanded,' etcJ,' after which he ■ prdnounced
'iiie sentence.'! :   •*„
fade, roses never wither and. parting is w>_
more; where in the future, sooner or later
they hope to meet their dear hov—noi
lost   nor   forgotten—only   gone before
John Henry was 9 years, 11 months an
.18 days of age at the time of his death!
Being the youngest and only son, he wa
a petted child and the joy' of his fern
parents' many hopes.   The funeral 6
curs this afternoon at 2 o'clock; the services will be conducted, by Key. E".
.Tower.   The remains will be laid at -r
in Cherry Grove cemetery.'        „   ",
world than this, where rainbows neveif^/ Tuesday morning Shaver^ oatne down
'" "        '     "      * Lfroih Harbison in company with 'Sheriff
poty.   He spent the. day yisiting with
jiti wife-and friends in Claf& and arrang-
""njt. biisfness* affairs, and Sat 4 o'clock the
sheriff and his prisorier^oarded the train
|^ Jackson-- /Mrs. Shaver accompanied
to the depot where .she,bade him
pdrbyel- While not upholding him in
•hiS crffne'v Mr. Shaved has many friends
fbb synipathLze with him and regret the
ublejvhich he has brought upon him-
fifi and, for- which he is to blame and
ust su#eV for,.   Outside' of the ..enrne in
Ich he'is now-involved, Mr; Shaver* is
IsoHsidered a  whole-souled a-dd genial
|jentlenian,'a good neighbor .and a good
^ntizenj^efleirbuV-to a:fault, willing tbjaic-
*mmodate orI'ehd^sEistaiice to- a. friend
acgitaintance, .'and much admired^by
lose who know him. -"'"'
By good behayior Mr. Shayer can make
6 months each year fromhis time,'pr=a
|3j>t'al,of eightmonthsfor, the four years
r which lie is-sentenced.; Providingie
iryesltlie entire sentence he-will be "lib-
ted about May 1st, 1893.       \   •■"..:
•Mrs. Kose Whaley died Saturday eve;
ing, February 1st, 1890, atj9:55 'o'clock^,
the residence of her daughter, Mrs, Ch
Friedeborn; in this village'.' She Vfwi
born, at Colmar, France, June i0thjl80]
of German parentage. In the. yea'rflSj
.She was married to. Lawrence. Whaley!
Early in life they moved to this country'Q
and settled-iii North Carolina,; In %hich
state they resided during the war or thfe
rebellion, and suffered; many of its deprivations. About the^y^at; 18,65 they.moyed
to Saginaw,;where Mr. WhaleyVdied^o*!
yember 13th, iS70^beingin lb« 79th^ej».
of his age. •; Froiotx . tbialt ;Vtiihe JIj^
Whaley made her?j|/§^^,W^ -^r 3*¥
Mrsi?<
,«iL;
Shaver's examination upon the charge
wemb?BX5!ling^15»(themoney lost at
^tinieof the county robbery on May
1884) which has been adjourned from
;©^ time for the past two weeks^ was
fag,
Friedeborn, of Clare; Mrs. Gep. Cox, of
Princeton, Sf. J.; Mrs. John"'Horn,; of
St. Louis, Mo., and Joseph Whaley, * of
Wilmington,Del., survive her. There-
mains were taken to Saginaw City Tuesday morning. The funeral was .conducted at 2 o'clock that afternoon from
the residence of Chas. C. Miller, 1215
Jefferson street. Mrs. Whaley was an esteemed lady and leaves a host of mourning friends, not only at Clare but in the
Saginaws. She was very active for one
of her age and her cheerful and social
disposition endeared her to many hearts.
Her illness was only of a few hours duration, and the departure of her spirit to
its eternal home was as peaceful as the
setting of the sun on a bright summer's
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iai a* uie fcxpirattOIT 01
evening.
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T^e tank officials of East Saginaw could
not b<\ made to appear as witnesses nor
exhibit tfieir books in evidence. A, certified/statement of the account was obtained^ although it was not read at the
preliminary examinafci&nj and it is a question whither or not it will be admissable
as eyideace.
Miss Iiary Gruber and Dr.J.E. Gruber,
of Shepjierd, brother and sister of Mrs.
C. .Bigl?7, paid her a short visit last week,
No scnool in either of the primary departments this afternoon. The teachers
and scholars will attend the funeral of
Johnn.i£ Ort.
Frant Alger has sold his property at
Two .Harbors, Minn., and moved his
family tcrMissonla,'Mont., where he in-
Eider Haggard. This is one of the
writer's best stories, and you shoutd read
it. The subscription price of The Leisure
H@ur (weekly) is only 50 cents a year;
three months 15 cents. Sample copy
frfee.
J. D. JTewth returned to Clare, Tuesday from Bremer country, Iowa, whither
he departed last fall with his wife on a
visit to friends, with a view of prospecting the country and locating there. Both
are quite well satisfied with the outlook,
and Mr. Newth's return to Clare is f or
the purpose of packing and shipping his
household goods and straightenicg up his
business affairs hereabouts, which he calculates will consume about two weeks'
time. Mr. and Mrs. ISTewth are among
the earliest pioneers of Clare village, and
they have many warm friends here who
regret their departure..        ' -        •      '
Doherty has got it.
Dr.Witherspoon, of Harrison, was in
Clare yesterday.
R. H. Jenney was at Detroit Monday
and Tuesday of this week.      t     \"   -
A girl baby was born to Mn and Mrs.
John Clark Tuesday evening.
Will Curtis, has been very ill for the
past few clays, but is now gaining slowly.
Jay E. Eogers has something to say
about wood in his "adv." in another col.
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The Ladies' Union -will meet at the
home of Mrs."VanBrunt next Wedne sday>
Feb. 12, at the usual hour.
Bead Elden's uady." this week. He invites you to call at the bazaar and see his
large stock of valentines.
Mason & Boyd, the grocers, have something of interest to say to you in their
"adv." on last page of this paper.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Friedeborn are very
thankful to their friends and neighbors
for the many acts of kindness bestowed
during the recent illness and death of
their mother.
The Ladies' Aid Society, of the M* E
church, will meet at the home of Mrs. A*
Louch, on Tuesday next at the usual
hour. A ten cent supper will be served
from live until seven in the evening.
All are invited to attend.
The flag on the school building has
been at half-mast this week on account
of the death of Johnnie Ort, The school
board has graciously allowed the teachers
to dismiss the pupils from the grammer
and intermediate departments this after- -
noon and many of them will attend .the
last earthly rites of their late playmate.
Mrs. Geo. Spindler,. Misses Eose -arid
Emma' Miller came up from Saginaw
Saturday evening and were at the bedside of their grandmother during her last
hours. The .Misses Miller .and ., Chas.
Friedeborn- accompanied the remains to
Saginaw Tuesday, the latter returning
the same evening. Mrs, Friedeborn was
confined'toher'bed by illness, and Mrs,1
Spindler remained to care for her aunt;
tends to locate.
. Miss (Jennie Hutchinson of Lyons, a
former typo on the Democrat-press,
yisited with friends, in Clare yesterday
and the day before.
Read this issue of the Democrat-Press
and ask yourself if it "is not by far the
best jpaper published in the county. Are
you a subscriber ?   If not, why not?
Jacob and John Ort, of Drumbo, Ont.;
Mrs. Horn, of Bowen Falls, Mich., brothers
and sister of Henry Ort, arid Mose ..Bert
of Listowel., Ont., brother of Mrs. Ort'
are in Clare to attend the funeral of their
little nephew, Johnnie Ort,   .
Will Tasker was taken suddenly and
seriously sick, last Friday morning from
the effects of a dose of patent medicine,
and for a time he was fearful least he
might cough up hia boots. The next time
you get a dose of that mixture down
Will's throat it would be a colder day than
has made its apperance this winter. He
is all right now, however, and is again
attending to his duties at the union
depot.
The roads are in a horrible condition
and there is nobody to blame but the yery
men who travel oyer them. They resemble, more than any thing else we can think
of, Bunyon's discription of the slough of
despond. We hope the weather will
teach our farmer friends a lasting lesson
and during the coming season they will
use some of their best endevors to improve the condition of the highways.
It should always be borne in mind that
work put on the highways, when done as
it should be, is not labor lost, but on the
contrary adds greatly to the value of all
farms,contiguous thereto, besides it saves
a''great many dollars in horse flesh,
"wagons, etc., and a penny saved is equal
to a dollar earned 'tis well said. The
leading and progressive farmers of the
country should take this matter in hand
and insist on more and better work being dons on our public thoroughfares,
and then all ivill rise up and call them
blessed.—Caro Democrat. -
Neighborhood News.
' Prospects of a foundry at Gladwin.
There are eight boarders at the..county
house.
It is said that Dr. L. L. Kelley, of Far-
.well', .has legislative aspirations.
Eust, Eaton & Co. have nearly 4,000,-
000 feet of logs on the skids near Meredith,'.
Nichols & Chappelle are doing quite a
stroke of lumbering near Meredith this*
winter,-   -' - .        '  : .
r :Whi. Hamilton is banking oh the Cedar
and expects to have 2,600,000 feet- in by
March-1st. - '—> -•' * -..-■•-• *
. E. C. Herbison's saw mill, near Mere-,
dith, is turning out 8,000 to-10,000 feet of
hardwood lumber, per day. - - -
The A. W. Wright Lumber Company
will take 32.000.000 feet of logs from
Gladwin county this winter.
'Tis said that teams for the woods hear
Meredith are in good demand, wages
ranging from §3 to $5.50 per day.   \
Who owns the Bay City & Battle'
Creek railroad? is the question now
agitating the people of Bay City..
, The Mt. Pleasant Enterprise is twenty-
five years old, and about the best paper
(politics excepted) in Isabella county.
" The roller skating craze has broken
out anew at the county seat, and young
folks and old are going for it all they are
worth. ;
John Grady, a Farwell man, is getting
out 100 cords of wood for the;F; & P; M.
By. company, and Henry Waddington*
500 cords'.. .-    "        ".,,."       " -   . >".   '■
McDougal & Holliban, of Meredith,
have taken the contract to furnish^ the.
Western Union Telegraph" company with
3,000 telegraph poles. A- '••"."  :
.. ;.C. L. Mabie?s shingle mill.at Meredith
has just started up,'and has 700* cords,,of
good bolts- in the yard with- as many
more in the woods already cut.
•' /The Patrons ' of Industry of Osceola,
county are talking of. establishing two
or three cheese factories andcreariieries in
that county the;coming season.: "»f: :.
- "Supervisor *T6sbiirgn of Greenwood,
has a cat which: weighs, 15 pounds. He
.knocks, this story'silly by stating that his
(Vosburg's! fattier tips the beam at 350
pounds. y\- .    .\     r*  J
J. 3S". Brown, of Farwell, is the inventor
ta iii|jlfisS|eloS*es ime. ^ LjjsLJweek
waukee firm, and 'tis said that the royalty therefrom will afford him a nice little
income.
The Bay City Times says that there is
prospects of a line of railroad from
Gladwin to Manistee, taking in Harrison
and Cadillac: The Michigan Central
Company are at the bottom of the enterprise.
Dr. Thompson and wife, of Harrison,
have a divorce case grinding in the legal
mill of the county. Judge Hart has or-
dereathat Thompson pay his wife '.$100
alimony and §3 per week until the matter is settled.
.An old cod named Dan Bowes was defrauded out of §70 at Meredith one day
last week. Shaking the dust of that, town
from his feet, he went over to Gladwin,
where a merciless cus3 knocked him
down one night arid robbed him of $150.
Elias E. Austin, of Harrison, who re_
turned from Ontonagon.eounty, n. p., last
week, has succeeded in proving up his
homestead in that county. He made a
lucky hit two years ago when he settled
upon, this tract of land. There is about
1,500,000 feet of. first class white pine
.thereon.
Frank Whitimore's shingle millj at
Meredith, manufactured 14.000,000 shingles last season. He has 500,000 shingles
and 2,000,000 feet of logs on hand at the
close. He is putting out from 40,000 to
50,000 .shingles daily. His sheds are located in that village, on the Flint & Pere
Marquette railroad, and are of about 3,-
000,000 capacity,
Mr. Larkin, of Midland, has sold his
saw mill, salt block, sheds and booms to
W. D. Marsh and Charles Brown, the
consideration being reported at $13,500.
It is said that a stock company will be
organized to continue the business. Mr.
Larkin retained the lumber," shingles,
logs, lath and salt on hand. Mr. Larkin
moved to Midland in 1852 and commenced lumbering the next year. He built a
saw mill in 1S58. The present mill was
built after a fire which destroyed his old
mill in 1873. The mill has a capacity of
10,000,000 feet.
Ex-county treasurer Duffin's shortage
still continues to cause considerable interest to the people of Gladwin." The
amount of the shortage, as figured by the
board of supervisors at their last meeting,
was $5,400, being some $1,500 less than it
was said to be. Mr. Diffin was appointed
county treasurer by the supervisors in
18S4 to fill vacancy. He was elected by
the people the two subsequent terms, and
thus served nearly three • consecutive
terms, notwithstanding , the state has" a
statute providing that no man shall act
as county treasurer over two consecutive
terms.
NEW SEMES NO. 28
Farwel! in the Soup.
Tq_ the editor of the Democrat-Press:
There is a bad state of affairs in this
village at the present time.  It appears
that ex-marshal, John. Clark,. collected .
the tax roll of the village of Farwell for
the year 1888, and hag'made no settle-,
ment with,the_village council up "to the
present time.   A committee of three *>f
the council was ap^ointedto settle iwith
John Clark on a certain eyening.    The
Committee met to settle with-the ex-mar-
shaL when, Iq and behold, Charlie Lyon,'1
Clark's 'attorney, stepped in and .tJlainted
they couldhot setfrle for jfcke reason thgt"-
John:Glark's vouchers were stolen iron*
the^clerk's .office,",wh'erV'they.'hadAbe^D; *
deposited forjsafe iteepingi. ;Then'7.th.e-
committee.made an effort to'settle.by.tae
treasurer^ books, but/they. %erj| iopnd '-
to be in such a  condition'..they could! '-
make.no settlement,.' Since then.,some of
the committee,, for, some .reason,' evade-.' .
bringing on a settleriient, arid \yod^t meet
for the purpose of "making V settlement."
What is the* matter, gentlemen ? • Are>y6u.
afraid to bring this ex-marshal to a *sefc- .
tlement?    The supposition among tke
taxpayers is that John Clark* has. joi6nies;--
in his possession belonging, to this-., village.   This thing has been let go. so\loug.
that.it is getting disgusting, to the .tax- , .
payers—-arid maiiyhrlvri't paid their, village taxes up to the present, time.-,   -\   ., .
We ask how long this state of. affaiis is   .
going to last -in- this. village ? -By .-what .
right has this ex-marsnalto take a- note
frorii,;a taxpayer'for 4ome,870".fbii7taxes?
payable to H.. M. EoysV treasurer:,, and.
turn it in "ascash paid' ;fp'. the" •ti-e'^tHSfi? .-'
Did he know the note isitft worth the-pa-"'
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per it is written on?; This is- the w^ay
the people have been%alled from year to>
year by such::onicials'.-''"Who is'to blame'
for "allowing this thing fco go on?   Is it'
any wonder the people hold back paying
their  taxes?'    The fact':is,; every-year-
some fayqrite'is-let go.wi.tho'^fe paying a,
tax.   The valuation of your', property* is
'being, raised, hi some cases .50 -per <ieat.j.
above its cash' value.   Those" who raise
their voices and say*this' is. "unjust'.tax&r
tion are set down as kickers by the pap,
suckers. •'; The, Marshal finds, the \great
trouble in collecting the tax roll for ISS®
is on account of not .knowing "what became of the taxes collected _
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Does Advert-! si rig Fay?
This is a very important question t& ~
businessmen, and one that only business'
men can answer.   We.h'ave the assurance
from thousands of them who largely advertise that it- does pay if .judiciously ;
pursued, and many of them Mve" given'   .
their  testimony in its  favor.   If. the ,
reader will take up any of the city papers"
from day to day for years he will find
the columns filled with the-: announce-- '
nients of leading business houses. •' They,
do not come before. the public at long
intervals, but regularly, daily, .changing
their advertisements with the variation in
their stocks, qualities and prices-of goods,
thus  not only attracting"' attention, to
what they, have to sell,, but arpusing* the
desire of buyers to examine what is offer-
ed, thus making customers and 'popular- .
izing their places qf business.   *..-•?***.  .
This class of men will fell you in. this •,
day of competion thatifrwoiild  be inv '
possible to do business.or secure anything
like an average trade if they .did not in-
vite custom by giving in .detail a ,clear
statement of what they have got to .sell,..
On the other hand, thousands of .men .
who have started in business with, fair
capital, plenty of push and knowledge of  ■
trade, have gone to the wall siriiply because they "hid theirlightunder a bushel"
in failing to compete with their neighbors ,
in having the buying public .know where
they were, what they were* selling ancl
what inducements they had to offer., A
niau may have the best stock of goods in
the market, but if he fails to invite- eus-. -
torn, or   make known the inducement^
he can offer,  he is. sure to drop-behind .
in the race, while, his sharper neighbor
is reaping a rich harvest.—Ex..
. U. Eedner. of this village, has been-no-
tified that his pension claim is allowed.
The following subscriptions have^beea
paid to .the Democba,t-Pkess" since' our
last issue: " -','*.
Walter Brown,  Clare.
Wm. Hodkinson
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G. W. Halstead.
E. H. Jenny,
I. Hampton,
M. B. Luce,
Geo. Barris,
John W. Dunlop,
John McGuire,
Jas. Eandall,
Chas. Freideborn
Wm. Dean,-.',
F. M. Tubbs,
D. McMaster, Doyer.
P.VanConant,   "     .
D. F. Lyon, Farwell,,
Geo. W. Piper, So. J3aginaw....
E. J. Goodman, Loomis. ..,.
A.M. Ervey, Gaines.-.	
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Remember that we have the best facilities of any office in'this..-section of the,
, pounti-y for -doing fine.job^printing-*  W&
won't be beat on prices^.;   . *    .:; -->-.'.~ '•..'