1890-03-07; Clare Democrat and Press

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THE WOES'OFifME PATtiW
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jFtfr (A'/rS Spring's trade will
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Examine Otir Stock For Fine Dry Goods.
One door North of Postoffice.
KIRKBRIDE.
- • <.       Neighborhood News,
Coleman saloonists are having a heap
of .tr^tiblerfer^alleged violations of the
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y,ouiflp$rb^dsl5e" getting
anxious to know what has become of-the
M, G. G.club.
H. K. Wiekham's residence at Harrison
was damaged by fire last week to the
amount of $75.
James Foreman, formerly of Midland,
committed suicide last week at Whit-
more's mill, 9 miles north of Meredith.
Domestic troubles is alleged to be the
cause.<
Two year ago Major Sharkey stole two
cows and sold them to a Mt. Pleasant
butcher. He was arrested, but escaped
the sheriff. Last week he was captured
in Sanilac county.
The .Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad
company is short of horses at the Harrison ice fields and will engage a half-
dozen teams at $4 per day and board if
they remain during the season.
The Free Press says: "The next Legislature will be asked to change the name
of the village of Harrison, in Clare county. A correspondent states that even
colored barbers go on to the next town."
Mt. Pleasant fire laddies have fitted up
a gymnasium in their hall to aid them
in working up wind and muscle. They
have plenty of the former, but are wanting in strength—barring feet and breath.
Mt. Pleasant has a new band, composed
of men and women," twenty-two in number.   A fine set of new instruments are
\ Election Monday.
Severe colds are.prevalent.
, Who's next; village president?
Jno. Giberson^waff.^at'-'MarMa*;
at Midland Wednesday.
Dr. Ash, of Marion, was in town
Tuesday on his way to Hersey.
Mrs. David McPhall visited with
friends at Mt. Pleasant Wednesday.
Mrs. C. W. Perry is convalescent after
a three or four weeks seige of sickness.
J. W. Olds, the Meredith butcher, visited his friends at Clare the first of the
week.
Conductor Cogswell is again at his
post, punching tickets on the Harrison
branch passenger train.
Mrs. Hunter and daughte, Clara, of Mt.
Pleasant, visited with Mr. and Mrs. Jas.
Warren in Clare oyer Sunday.
Kirkbride's new quarters,one door north
of the postoffice are very pleasant and
conveniently arranged. Read his ad on
this page.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the M. E.
church will meet at the home of Mrs. C.
Friedeborn next Tuesday at 2 p. m. A
ten-cent supper will be served from 5 to
8 o'clock.
Matters pertaining to village election
do not appear to be agitating the public
mind to any great extent this spring. At
present the office seems to be seeking
tne man and not the man the office. The
pot may get to boiling with a vengeance
before next Monday.
While  working in one of Pickard's
received, and the organization is progress- camPs last Friday' Th.omas Hurle^ a£ed
ing nicely   under   the   leadership  of
Chester Chase.
Two Isabella county farmers quarreled
H.-jypver a quantity of straw,   Arthur Burns
/stabbed Warren   McQueen  in the left
shoulder with a pitchfork.   Burns is arrested for assault with intent to murder.
McQueen's wounds are painful, though
not dangerous.
The Detroit Journal says that an Evart
merchant was silly enough to pledge
himself to sell goods to patrons at 10 per
cent profit. The patrOns buy anywhere
they please and use the foolish merchant's
contract as a leverage. The same sort of
qomplaint is made from nearly every
section of the state where the millen-
nium-inducers have established themselves.
A party of Saginaw gentlemen chartered a special car Saturday and came up
over the Flint & Pere Marquett railroad
to inspect the ice fields of Clare county.
Thousands of tons of excellent ice are
being harvested. Thousands of dollars
are being expended in securing the crop,
which is proving a good thing to the
laboring men of this vicinity. The ice
harvest will last as long as the weather
continues favorable, and present pros-
•pects are good.
about 50 years, was instantly killed by-
being struck on the head by a falling
tree. He was said to haye relatives in
Saginaw, whither his body was sent,
James Lawrence has rented his farm
in Yernon township, just across the county line, to David Dawson for a term of
years, the latter having purchased his
cows for the purpose of engaging in the
milk business on an extensive scale in
the near future. Mr. Lawrence will moye
to South Dakota, near Ipswich, where he
will baffle with fortune-for a while, having arranged matters so that he can return to Clare at any time if he is not
satisfied with the country.
Last Saturday was the 19th anniversary
of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Wm
Giberson. To commemorate the event
a surprise party was prepared for them
About a score of friends gathered at their
home in the evening and took possession
of the pleasant rooms during their temporary absence. They were '"surprised"
upon returning, but it did not take long
for them to realize the situation, when
they set about to entertain their guests
for the evening, It is needless to say
that they succeeded, as everyone is willing to vouch for the pleasure of the evening.
(From the Detroit Evening* Newsj),;
The patrons of'industry -of, MichHj
were in session at Flint to ibidoujfhtfl
they can get what "they warijfc ,"N^tiQ"fil!i
and state statistics inform tliemt that
enormous accumulations of w£aith/Ofc1
last 25 years have not'found ^Jfeif"
into the pockets • of the farmers.-* *M
even if there were no. such statisfieaM
would only have to look around ;t&ej"&'<
be satisfied of the fact:   They se| jjhtff
number of independent- farmers*-"In pi
portion to the entire' number ,6t persof
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employed in agriculture is decreasii
They see" that the number of ^tenant; fat
ers and  farmers working on; 'Shares i
increasing.   They find that "thffiyeraj
size of farms is increasingly Ana
know by sad experience that'eyery ye
it is harder to. make both ends meet;.,.
The patron   of industry hastbecoi
tired of taking a-big^oadvof-.^rhea%t|
m arket and getting* in" exchange /only-
measly woolen blanket  or;iw#j:'4 J&i
feet of lumber, a few pounds, OlLbrcny;
sugar, a keg of .nails or iperhaps"^ dr<
pattern or other necessary article*..^ Whs
he drew away from his farm s taxeiHhj
strength of a 'team ..of "horses'; .stfjiat ffljj
brings back could be handled - by.a;smallj
boy in a handcart. >' - "       '•. "':-<'-
The patrons" of industry sees all tbe
things. N "ow, what is he going.to.'do .aboui
it? Will he vote for sdmejcongfe'ssmal
who will increase the tariff :oh his if4i
or wood,'.or clothing," or sugar)*". *-HejK
"steadily done this • in the -. pasi* ' ;^M
elect to office men who are the, paid at;
torneys of artificial* nion^opqlfe^.?, ;E&
has steadily .done this • in4w-pasf4;: Wi
he support the "policy thatitiakes^whaV
.consumes;: dear and /what" ^^Wjduce
cheap ? He vhas" ^teadiry'd^^this U
the past;, \";What, will he' do difiereiit 4kot
what he has been doing?,'-//':tfi "TV-'-V
The patrons :*of jittdust^<%n6w;:-4»m>
thing is wrong: 'His'; tr^ni^|o^ ^
generally withithe yillage^er^^ah^v
is with him be Jtyades^Ig ipitoau^^-1
necessaries.- 'It,is.the m«rchaht.seemin
ly that gets^oi-mricb^a^'^^t^'SoMittj
So some ptj^p&^Q^l^t^!iSQ^S.,
Gut'i^rcit^$t^^^-^i±A"^a>tJt
merchant.v'^l^fcaia^
Thus the farmer will get more, and the
others less, and an equilibrium will be
established. .    ". -
Fiddlesticks! How many country merchants are rolling in wealth? Isn't their
lot, as a matter of fact, nearly as hard as
that of the granger? Isn't .their seeming
prosperity. mainly a sham ? If the patrons of industry could see the ledger accounts of the country merchant they deal
with; if they could appreciate their worry
and anxiety, their animosity would often
be turned to pity, and they would look
upon them as comrads ■ instead of enemies.
The patrons must look further than
the country merchant for the source of
their trouble. Let them take a peep at
the bursting vaults of the protected manufacturers; let them get a yiew of the
army of custom officials, whose only
duty is to watch and lay a fine on everything the farmer needs; let them glance at
the assessors' offices and see how the taxes
are laid and collected—how the personal
possessions of the rich escape while the
personal property of the farmer is all accounted for.
What the patron of industry needs is
more liberty and less restriction. If the
government will keep oft his back he will
get along. The patron will get a- just
equivalent £or his produce if left to trade
where he can make the best bargain. Just
as water finds its level, so will an equilibrium be established between prices.
But so long as he is compelled <to sell in
open and buy in restricted markets he
will continue to be legitimate prey for
those who now live off his industry.
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W. H. Saxton, of Coleman, took dinner
at the Sterns House yesterday.
C.L.Whitney, formerly of this place,
has secured the position of money order
clerk in the East Saginaw postoffice, the
best "sit" in that establishment.
The Flint & Pere Marquette railroad
company will pay the village of Harrison
$50 for the extra amount of water used
by their engines during the ice harvest.
The following subscriptions have been
paid to the Democeat-Press since our
last issue:
A. McKinley,   Clare  §
Jay Piper, "   	
O.B.Davis, "    t	
O.S.Derby, "	
Jas. Lawrence,      "   	
Mrs. D.J. Brewer"     	
M. Scallon, - Hatton  3 00
C. Abbott, Harrison l 50
D. M. Miller, Harrison  ;.     75
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P« Casey, Harrison.
D, J. Anderson, Birmingham. Tex.
Dr. H. L. Ash, Marion  .
Miss Mary Welch,
North Hammond, ST. Y..
Mrs. S. Beden, Pine Run, Mich.
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Pencil and Shears.
Register tomorrow.   ?>■%&${
^'Sleighing is"quitegod&'^;
Everybody is busy'nows^;»s;; \v
fa>te-early next Monday.
ieyersi new ads this week.
|p£is.no't a very newsy week.
l'Gee.w'hit!iaker, ain't it cold!"
^e,want that promised wood.
|Come in at once and subscribe.
ilecfc only careful business men.
^ We want to doyour job printing,       ,;
I Send thejjaper to a distant friend.      •
pl^th of Ireland one week from Monday.
|C. W. Ster'ns was at Mt. Pleasant Tues-
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The annual township elections are not
r.distant. \  .-.   •
B.'Horning made a trip to East Sag-
j&w. Wednesday.     ,
Pine -checked ginghams, six cents "per
ird at Kirkbride's. ./'""
^A.. J. Doherty. was in East Saginaw
tpnday and Tuesday. '"'",.
1*1 told you soj'r is   the remark of the
|ise weather prophets.
^-JVC. Mitchell, the grocer, was in the
finaws Wednesday on business.
Jharley Bigiey took the first degree
*Pythianisni Wednesday eyening.
*rbf. S. J. Jamison and wife, of Loomis,
"Sire visitors at Clare last Saturday.
fit* J; Lossiug visited in Saginaw oyer
iday,*returning Tuesday evening.,
rlphancey Johnson came down from Ey-
~aiid visited in Clare over Sunday^
/ames Johnson and Ed. Stevens are
liting ice in the'vicinity of Harrison.
Irs.  Ed.  White  visited  in  Farwell
l&dnesday, the guest Of Mrs. John Sax-
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[«£ohn Horning, of Ann Arbor, was the
st of his brother, Ed. B., in Clare this
ek,
lvBbmeone  said  that the thermometer
istered   17 ° below . zero   yesterday
rnfng.'
ohnny Husted has put up a cousider-
le quantity of ice the past week for
va$e use.   .
jirs. H.L. Ash, of Marion, visited with
r daughter, Mrs. James Boyd, in Clarke
erSunday. .
Deputy-treasurer W. H. Goodman has
ii disbursing county funds at Harrison
ring the week. .
Jftf th street isn't even making a respect-
ieghowing this winter.   Come,boys.
$ you .doing.
reajid; see- that;Vy Qiir^anie is ^proi
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tb" vote next Monday.
Thos. H, Lavery, of Marion, ex-sheriff
of Clare county, was dne of the visitors
to this village Monday.
Andy Cunningham has just returned
after a two weeks' visit with friends at
Sterling, Arenac county.
Colin McDonald departed for Nestoria
Monday, where he will work for the
Murphy lumber company.
Clare county's genial prosecuter, Geo.
J. Cummins, was in Clare Tuesday morning on his way home at Harrison.
Father Mahar, of Midland, was in
Clare Monday and said mass at the residence of James Walsh, on east 4th street.
Be sure that you vote for the right;
man next Monday. None but upright,
capable men should be elected to office-
Guy Horning, of Mt. Pleasant, visited
with his friends in Clare the first of the
week, the guest of his cousin, Clarence
YauBrunt.
Steve and Louie Goodman came down
from Cadillac last Saturday evening and
visited with parents and friends at Clare
over Sunday.
Ed. A. White departed Tuesday on a
business trip to West Bay City and for a
few days' visit with his parents at Reese^
Tuscola county.
Lumbermen and ice dealers are putting in their best "licks" now. Every
available man and team are busy, working early and late.
Deputy-sheriff Dan Miller, of Harrison,
made us a pleasant call Tuesday, leaving
the cash fcr six month's' subscription to
the Democrat-Press.
A.Mooney, the drayman, has put up a
considerable quantity of fine ice the past
week in the shed just west of H. O.
Squire's railroad restaurant. .
Do not lay this paper aside until you
haye read Kirkbride's advertisement on
first page. His announcements are always interesting and right to the point.
Seventh street is doing nobly. A girl
baby was born Sunday afternoon to Mr.
aud Mrs. Ed. Miller. 'Tis the first child
and the fond parents are extremely hap-
py-
John McDonald, who has been very
sick at his home on 7th street for eleven
or twelve weeks, is able to be up and out-
of-doors again, much to the gratification
of his many friends.
Henry Schilling returned last Saturday
morning after a two weeks' absence in
Hillsdale county, whither he went to visit an ailing brother, who died and was
buried while he was there.
We beg leave to inform the Caro Democrat that Miss Murcury was given a
formal introduction to Hon. Zero, Monday evening, and that they have been
been fast friends eyer since.
SCHOOL COLUMN.
Devoted to the Use and Interests
Teachers and Schools of Clare
and Northern Isabella.
of the
County
Edited by Prof. E. D. Palmer, Glare, Mich., to whom
all matter for this department should be address d
REPORT jFOR  EEBRtJART.
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Edgar Alger	
Josephine Beckett...
Hattie Bogue	
AltonBnrnham...	
Clara Chase	
""■"Lillie Converse	
"""James Daugherty....
' Lillie Decoo	
Hettie Dunigan,	
♦Edna Elden	
Allie Evans	
Bessie Giberson	
Raleigh Giberson	
Frank Gray	
EucehaHall	
Laura Holbrook	
Eemiek Je ff eries
Nellie Kane	
Mirtie Koontz	
May Levington	
Bertie Lloyd	
Leslie Louch	
Myra Louch	
Tessie Louch	
M&tie McKinley	
Albert Maynard........
Maude Melville	
""Frank Miller.	
*Jennie Miller	
LydiaOrt	
Emerson Orth	
Carrie Bockalellow...
Carrie Rogers,	
Charles Ross ....
Giles Ross	
Eddie Sexsmith	
Herbert Sexsmith	
George Sexsmith.....
Annabel Stevens..	
Clarence Yan Brunt..
Jennie VanConant......
Edith Tenner..........
Edgar "Welch."	
Belle • Westo ver	
Gertie "Westover	
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(*) J*Tot in school the whole month.
E. D. Palmer, Principal.
High School Register for the week ending Feb. 28.
Absent. Monday, a. m.—Hattie Bogue,
Giles Ross, H. Sexsmith, Geo, Sexsmith,
Belle ■ Westover. P. M.—Clara Chase,
Giles Ross.
Tuesday, A. M.—JET, Sexsmith, G. Sexsmith.   P. M.—Carrie Rockafellow.
Wednesday, A. M.—-May Levington. P.
M.—May Levington.
Thursday, A. M.—Bessie Giberson,-
May Levington. P. M.—Tessie Louch,'
Albert, Maynard,   Carrie   Rockafellow,
M&M&. Sexsmith,"
smith.
Friday, A. M.—Carrie Rockafellow,
Belle Westover, Gertie Westover. P. M.
—Clara Chase, May Levington, Carrie
Rockafellow, Giles Ross, Gertie West-
over.
For the whole week.—James Daugherty, Raleigh Giberson.
Tardy.   Tu:sday—Bessie Giberson.
Wednesday—Hattie Bogue, Clara Chase
and Edith "VTenner.
Thursday—Hattie Bogue, Frank Gray,
Albert Maynard, Belle Westover, Gertie
Westover.
Friday—Myrtie Koontz, Chas. Ross.
GRAMMAR ROOM—Millie Holbrook and Sam
Levington, reporters.
Longfellow's birthday was observed in
our room last Thursday by a few quotations from his works.
Professor Palmer gave the boys a
snow balling match Thursday afternoon.
Give us another; they agree with the
boys.
*Ida" Carpenter,
Dunlop, Winnie
* Joseph  Afchambolt,
*Eya  Cosier,  ^iTettie
Dwyer, *Eldred Horning, *Ralph Horning, *Frank Walsh, *Harry; McPherson.
Whole number enrolled, 54; average
daily attendance,37.
(*) Hot tardy. ,     .    .   ,„,,".'     - j
A great many pupils-have been detained at home by sickness during, the past
month.      Mrs. M.D..Eaton,Teacher."
PROM OtJRNOTE BOOK.     -    :
The conveniences;.-o£ the. high school
room,have been increased by the .addition of a -suItabljB:case,andr= table for. displaying the, geographical chart. A smal I
table has been placed, in the grammar
room for a similar.pui*pose.
•Punctuality is. a Cardinal "virtue among „.
business men. [Parents should assist .the
teacher in making it a habit. - .. .'
The high school liolds, the" banner., for
punctuality during .February, with-.the, -
intermediate room "a close second,. ,•     -,,'.
The High School Lyceum is progress- ~
ing well with its drama. .*
;      * merepith: seifooi..."
Report'for monthending February 28.
Number" pupils enrolled, 43'; average
attendance, 29. '      '  *'\?
Not absent during the mo'httt—Fi'ank
Cogswell, Susan Barney, Leslie -Ship'py,
Mima Ross, Fannie Sine, Floy Sine','Hattie Sine, Arthur Beckor. -.■
Not tardy during the month—Edith
Cogswell, Susan'Barney, Florence Dunn,
Frank Cogswell, Mima Ross, Almira
Barney, Siias Barney, Jlabel Kelly, Fred
Ash, Edna .Mabie, Clarence Ross.
Yisitors-rMrs. J. W^. Olds, Miss Bertha'
Hyzey and the Misses Fairchild.   . .
F. W. Powell, Teacher.
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SECOND  PRIMARY,
Honor Roll. Those not absent during
February—Edna Clark, Ray Holbrook,
Arthur Whiteside, Martin Lawrence,
Grace Thompson, Mary Dunlop, Delbert
Parsons.
Honorable mention. Absent or tardy
but once—Arlie Parrish, Harry Stewart'
Cora Husted, Grace Dunlop, George Cas-
ady.
Number enrolled, 54; average attendance, 38.
Dora Loomis, Teacher.
EIRST -PRIMARY.
Mrs. Ed. A. White, Mrs. Jas. Boyd
Mrs, J. D. Dunwoodie, Mrs. F. A..Jeffer-
ies, Mrs. C. H. O'Donald, James Walsh,
and Rev. A. H. Norris haye visited our
school.
Our thanks are due Prof. Palmer for
furnishing us with new curtains.
Some supplementary reading cards and
blackboard stencils haye been found very
helfpul in instructing the little ones.
Our monthly report for January was
unintentionally overlooked, but is published this week.
Pupils not absent or tardy during the
month ending January 31.—Minnie Adams, * Joseph Archambolt, Fred Bristol,
Ida Carpenter, Winnie Clark, *Nettie
Dunlop, *Lida Doherty, *Warren Hep-
finger, Minnie Johnson, *Lloyd Johnson,
♦Grace Lloyd, *Gertie Marshall, *Clara
McKay, *Ralph Horning, Eugene Schmib-
rer, *Leo Schilling, *Harry Senoonover,
*Atherton Rogers, *Nellie Rogers, *Fred
Thompson, *Edna Unieume.
Whole number enrolled, 54; average
daily attendance, 40.
Pupils who were not absent or tardy
during the month ending February 28—
Ned Willis, who was a Clare boy along '
inthe. 70's," moved from Mt; Pleasant to
this yillage last week and will'work'ih
Rhoade's  shingle  mill.    Ned  and  his    "
wife occupy a'"part of Mrs. Alger's house
on east 5th street.f
Joseph "^arelte' who has been section
foremah online°>WZ & P: M. railroad at
, Hatton for; Several years past, quit the
employ of the company last week" for
the-purpose of swelling "the,ranks of the
grangers. He owns'a fine farm of eighty
acres in Vernon township, three miles
south and one east.of Clare.
The fire alarm .sounded Sunday about
noon,. calling, out^the.^ department and
immerou&^tlzeris. The, -fire vm&' in tho_V_-
Exchange Hotel, in one of the bedrooms, -
having originated from a defective chimney. It was discovered before it had
gained much-headway and was easily extinguished.   The damages are nominal.
The Grand Lodge of the order of
Knights of Pythias convenes at East
Saginaw next Tuesday, March 11th. Dr.
F. J. Todd is representative from Clare
Lodge No. 97. A bail and reception will
be tendered and as a general invitation is
extended to all members of the order5 it
is likely that several others from here
will attend.
About twenty men get off the T. & A.
A. train Tuesday afternoon and took
dinner at the Alger House. They were
from Lansing and. were on .their way to
Barnes & Dodge's mill, in the north part
of this county, where the}^ will engage /
in harvesting ice for a syndicate at the
capital city as long as the weather con- -
tinues favorable.
It is rumored that the owners of the
Alger House property are considering
strongly theidea ot tearing down the old
structure and in the spring erecting a
two story brick hotel on the site. It is
hoped that the plan may be realized, as-
Clare needs a good hotel badly, and there
is no point in Northern Michigan that
offers a better opening, hence the' investment would be a paying one'.
. J.D. Garland is now located in a part-
of the building   with  Kirkbride's dry""
goods store, one door north of the post-
office.   His stock  comprises  about the-
finest display of jewelry and silverware
ever exhibited in Clare county, and what.
is more his prices are 25 per cent, lower
than any ever offered in these parts. You
can buy of him a clock, watch, chain,
charm, finger ring or any article in his
line almost at your own price.   Now is
your time to invest if you want to get a
good article cheap.
Nora Hicks, aged 15 years, died yery
suddenly of paralysis of the heart .in this-
village Sunday morning. She had been,
in rather feeble health for several months,
though her illness^ Was not considered • -
dangerous. On the morning of her death
she was at the home of her aunt, Mrs. J.
W. Olds, on 6th street, sitting near the
stove listening to ber aunt reading." Mrs.
Olds asked her a question and receiving
no reply, glanced up and observed her
gasping for breath. Assistance was summoned but she soon passed away, peacefully and quietly. She had many friends
among her schoolmates and older acquaintances whodeeply mourn her sudden death. The funeral services- were' -
held Tuesday at the M. E. church, conducted by Rev. L. L. Tower. The remains were interred in Cherry Grove
cemetery.