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PRICES.
All 20e Pongees The ^'I™0 reduced to 16e.
All 15e and 121-2e Outing Flannels reduced to 10c.
Otl_©r Sumnaer O-oocls in. _?roportlQ__.
ATTENTION:   Don't think for a minute you can put this chance-off and get them
later for you can't, the desirable ones will be picked up at once. ^
We have Boys' High Out Shoes usually sold at $2.00
That we are selling fast at $1.65. \
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We have no trouble in suiting our customers.
We have the goods and our priees are right.
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NEWS AM) NOTES.
Various  Items of interest From
Various sources. i
Elegant hammocks at Mussell's.
Rattier chilly weather this week.        <
Thos. Dwyer, Saginaw, Wednesday.    ,
Fishing tackle, all kinds, at Mussell's. i
Fish hooks, lines, poles, reels, etc., at!
Mussell's. j
W. A. Ryan and D. K. Alwardwere at i
Sanford yesterday. I
Rogers, the drayman, is selling spaults !
at GO cents per cord.
A. J. Doherty was at Saginaw Tues- \
day and Wednesday.
Elegant hammocks, very  cheap, at
' Mussell's drug store.
If you intend to paint get your colors
at Mussell's drug store.
" A False Marriage " always pleases.
Plenty of fun and music.
Landlord Abrams was at Mt. Pleasant Wednesday on business.
Geo. Austin, of Saginaw, was in the
city this week on business.
Several of the Clare masons attended
lodge at Farwell last evening.
R. M. Mussell was at Detroit Tuesday
' and Wednesday on business.
Deputy County Treasurer Goodman
went to Harrison Wednesday.
Mrs. A. H. Rockafellow is home after
a visit to her parents at Evart.
County Treasurer Will Goodman was
at the county seat Wednesday.
C. W. Perry visited with his parents
in Genesee county over Sunday.
Several Clareites attended Eingliug
Bros.' circus at Mt. Pleasant yesterday.
Isaiah Feighner was at Reed City
Wednesday and Thursday on business.
West Branch voted against bonding
for water works to the tune of 115 to
91.
Go and look at the American sewing
machines at DeVogt's photograph gallery.
Miss Mary Welch was iip from Midland to visit her parents in Clare over
Sunday.
Mrs. T. S. Allison, of Evart, is the
guest of her son, Thomas Allison, in
this city.
The Ladies' Union will meet at the
home of Mrs. Wm. Goodman next week
Friday, July 2i.
Miss Myrtle Eaton, of Ludington, is
visiting in this city this week, the guest
of Mrs. J. Warren.
Miss Emma Sexsmith closed a very
successful term of school last Friday
in Arthur township.
Mrs. John Post, Mrs. Robert Hubbard
and Miss Snowden visited in this city
Monday and Tuesday.
Four ball croquet sets, 50 cents; 0
ball sets, TO cents ; 3 ball sets 09 cents,
at Mussell's drug store.
The late train on the Harrison brfiieh
one night last week killed Ave head of
cattle near Rice's Siding.
Supervisor Mark Temple, of Temple,
township of Redding, was in the city
Wednesday on business.
John McDonald was down from Missaukee county and visited with his wife
in this city over Sunday.
Don't fail to hear M. B. Streeter in
the latest songs atDoherty Opera House
Thursday evening, July _3.
George Whitney returned home to
Mt. Pleasant Wednesday after four or
five days' visit in this city.
A. A. McFaddeu, of Saginaw, was the
guest of his cousin, Mrs. O. Beemer, in
this city Monday and Tuesday.
Mussell underseUs all other dealers
in the city on paints, oils and varnishes.
Best qualities on the market, too.
Do not fail to have your eyes tested
and proper glasses fitted. Prof. Moore
warrants aU glasses to fit perfectly.
Mr. and Mrs. George E. Cimmerer, of
Harrison, were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Calkins in this city over Sunday.
Mrs. J. H. Wilson went to Big Rapids
Saturday morning for a week or ten
days' visit with her parents and friends.
The pail and tub factory was shut
down Monday to allow the boys to participate in the celebration here on that
day.
Elden has three milch cows, two 2-
year-old, three 3-year-old and one G-
year-old horse for sale cheap on easy
terms.
A. J. Moss, of Maple Rapids, and W.
T, Smith, of Stanton, agents for the
Detroit Free Press, were in the city
Tuesday.
Chicago folks seem more intent upon
using the World's Fair to boom their
real estate thau upon making the fair
,a success.
The King's Daughters will meet with
Mrs. Furgerson next Thursday afternoon. All members are requested to
be present.
The F. &• P. M. R. R. is making a survey from Brinton towards Big Rapids
and mil probably pull Sherman City
into the line.
Call and see Prof. Moore at the
Stevens House and have your eyes examined. If you have defective vision
he can help you.
I. J. Thompson, the liveryman from I   Wm. Giberson  and  daughter, Miss
Harrison, came down to the city Tues-! Florence, went to Mt. Morris on Thurs
day afternoon to purchase three new
lumber wagons.
Harrison- and Meredith people are
r;» 'ng because the present train ser-
vii • gives them only one express delivery each day.
Master David Wolsky came up from
Saginaw Monday morning and has been
visiting with young friends in this city
during the week.
F. Murray and A. S. Light, of the Eureka Heating & Ventilating Co.,Saginaw,
are putting in the steam apparatus in
the new Calkins.
Joseph II. Carpenter has been appointed county drain commissioner for
Clare county. He was required to file
a bond for $3,000.
Mrs. Wm. Molino and children, of
Saginaw, arrived Wednesday evening,
and will spend several weeks with relatives in this city.
Mrs. F. E. McConnell, of Saginaw,
has been visiting friends in Clare for
the past week or ten clays, the guest of
Mrs. Thos. Presley.
Messrs. E. P. and Will Brewer, of Saginaw, have been looking after their
farming interests in northern Grant
township during the week.
Theatre going people will have an opportunity of seeing Frank Tucker in
one of his favorite characters next
Thursday evening, July 23.
It's strange why Harrison people
should worry all because the water in
Budd Lake is at a lower point than it
has been before in five years.
Ephriam Trovael, of Hatton township, had his trial before Justice Bogue
at Harrison Tuesday charged with assaulting Sam McAdams with a gun.
No town in Michigan shows a greater
number of buildings in course of erection or reconstruction than Clare. The
signs are very hopeful and encouraging.
Mrs. A. Beebe and Mrs. H. L. Ash departed for Bay View on Thursday,
where they will spend three or four
weeks at that pleasant summer resort.
Thomas Allison has been engaged the
past few days in raising and leveling
the Farwell grist mill, preparatory td a
stone foundation being built thereunder.
After paying all expenses the Baptist
Society cleared S50 on their Orangemen dinner. Mr. Calkins was presented with 85 for the use of the hall after
refusing payment for the rent of the
same. They hereby return thanks to
him for the use of the hall.
) day. They will also visit at Flint and
several other places before returning
home.
Luther Russell, of Evart, is the inventor of a mechanism whereby when
the brakes on the locomotive are set,
every brake on the train is instantly in
action.
One of the sights on our streets last
Friday was a 15-year-old boy beastly intoxicated, and flourishing a bottle of
"40 rod"' at the passers by.—Harrison
(Heater.
Wm. Wolsky starts for the east next
Monday to purchase a stock for his new
store, He says he will have as line a
store and stock as can be found in
Northern Michigan.
The Rockafellow block, corner Main
and 4th street, occupied by Giberson's
dry goods and millinery emporium, has
received a fresh coat of paint, Mack &
Crest being the artiste.
A train on the Flint & Pere Marquette
railroad rolled into Flint Monday with
th. carcass of a sheep on the pilot. It
is supposed one Bill McKinley is implicated in the affair.
Prof. Moore tests the eyes free and
files spectacles to remedy all defects.
The benefit derived from glasses depends upon the science of the optician.
Prof. Moore has the science.
Rev. Mark W. Williams, of Andover
College, will occupy the pulpit of the
Congregational church next Sabbath
morning and evening. He will also
preach at Dover at 3 o'clock.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Francisco, of near
Mt. Pleasant, were guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Presley, in
this city over Sunday. They drove
home Monday evening with horses and
carriage.
A circular is being sent to farmers by
tho superintendent of census regarding
mortgaged farms, homes, etc. There is
$100 penalty for all " whoever shall win-
fully fail or refuse" to properly answer
the questions.
W» S. Hancock Post G. A. R., and the
Women's Relief Corps, have purchased
of the township of Grant tho property
in this city at the corner of Main and
6th street known as the town hall; consideration $1,200.
George W. Abbey, a jeweler of Mid-
landj was the guest of his brother-in-
law, W. H. Elden, in this city a couple
of days this week. They enjoyed a
day _ fishing and boating at Stevenson
Xako on'Tuesday.
Riegal were married at Dover July 11,
at tho residence of Jack Fuller, the
ceremony being performed by the Rev.
Floyd C. Field. Both parties aro residents of this county.
Mrs. George A. Graves returned to
her home at St. Louis Wednesday aftor
a visit of four or five days with hor
many friends in this city. Mrs. Frank
Alger, who accompanied her on the
visit, returned to St. Louis also.
Mt, Pleasanters are scared to death
because after a season of apathy thoy
aro just beginning fo realize that the
Indian industral school may bo located
elsewhere. Big figures for inferior real
estate appears to be the fatal dose.
Mr. and Mrs. John Bowen, of Rock-
ford, Kent county, returned homo Monday morning after a ten days' visit at
Dover. Mr. Bowen is a nephew of L.
W. Leach. Miss Carrie Leach accompanied them home for a two weeks'
visit.
David Alger, who has been visiting
his mother and friends in this city for
the past several weeks, departed last
Friday with the Burt Comedy Company, having accepted an engagement
with them. Mrs, Alger remains in Clare
for tho time being.
Vernon township, Isabella county, has
employed W. A. Burritt, a Harrison
lawyer, who will endeavor to arrange
matters iu such shape that the township will not have to pay tho balance of
hor bonded indebtedness tothe Toledo,
Ann Arbor & North Michigan railroad
company,
A destructive forest fire is raging in
the northern peninsula of Michigan.
In tho country about St. Ignace aud
Marquette for hundreds of miles nothing can be seen but ono mass of flames,
and tho density of the smoke is so pronounced that tho sun appears like a
leaden ball.
Gray Rutherford, who was formerly
employed in tho F. <& P. M. freight office at this place, but had to quit on account of poor health, is back again for
a week or so in the place of Joe. Meyers.
Gray  was married  a few weeks ago,
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Tho Clare Wooden Ware Co. have
elected the following officers: C. W.
Perry, president; J. H. Galliver, vice
president; D. E. Alward. secretary;
C. H. Sutherland, treasurer ; Johu St x- j
smith, general manager. The company
contemplate enlarging their business
in the near future.
Dr. and Mrs. B. Corning Shaw came
over from Calkinsville last Friday evening to witness the performance of
"Tracey's Will" at Doherty opera j
house. The doctor returned the following morning. Mrs. S. and children visited with her mother and sister in this
city over Sunday, returning home Tuesday.
Retail dealers in cigars would do well
to closely study tlie law enacted by the
last congress regarding the sale of
cigars. Section 2,9G2 of the revised statue says that cigars must be sold to the
customer direct from the properly
stamped box. A dealer who will take
out a handful of cigars aud lay them
before the buyer to choose from, or a
saloonkeeper who takes a customer a
cigar on plate or in a glass, makes himself liable to a fine of 8100.
On Tuesday the Toledo, Ann Arbor &
North Michigan passenger train, bound
north, due at Clare at 12:18 p. m., met
with a serious accident at Cope's Siding, a few miles south of Marion. The
cause is attributed to a broken flange
on one of the drive wheels of the engine, allowing the locomotive to leave
the track. The engine broke loose from
the tender and dashed into a pile of
logs, where it turned completely over
upon its back. The tender turned
crosswise of tho track and slackened
somewhat the speed of the coaches.
Every car was derailed and thrown upon its side. About 150 feet of track
was torn up and tho scene presented a
woeful appearance. The train was
somewhat late on the trip and the wreck
occurred about 3 o'clock. The fireman
and engineer stuck to their posts and
were in the cab when she tipped over.
Both were very badly bruised, jammed
and burned by escaping steam. The
engineer had one of his knee caps split
sompletoly in two. No other bones
were broken. Expressman Curtiss,
formerly messenger on the branch between Clare and Meredith, was also in
the wreck and received severe injuries.
The train was quite heavily loaded with
passengers, none of whom were badly
hurt, though all were severely shaken
up. The passenger train from tho north
was due a few minutes later. It ran to
the scene of the wreck, took the injured
on board and conveyed them to Marion
where they received medical attendance. It took about six or seven hours
to clear the debris so that traffic could
be resumed.
ORANGE DAY.
Appropriately Observed in this;
City by Between 3,000-
and 3,500 People.
IT WAS A GALA DAY HERE.
Over 1,000 Men in Line in the Pro-,
cession—The Day was Well Enjoyed by Everybody.
The Battle of Boyne was celebrated'
here in royal stylo last Monday. The
storm of Sunday night had cooled the
air, and while it was warm enough, yet.
there was no sweltering with the heat
as is often the case on occasions of this,
kind,
It is putting it at a mild figure to say
that there was between 3,000 and 3,500
people here, and altogether it was a
grand success; one indeed that the
Orange Lodge of this city may well
feel proud of. Everything possible in
the way of adding comfort and amusement to the visitors was done, and many
words of thanks was heard on all sides,
The visitors arrived on the different
roads about 0 o'clock aud were met at
the depot by both Lodges of this city
headed by the Clare K. of P. band*,
where they all formed and marched
back to their several headquarters,
after which they were shown around
the town and made to feel at home an
much as possible. After dinner they
again formed in line and marched to
Fick's grove where some splendid addresses were delivered by Rev. Smith,
of Harrison, and others.
After the speaking was over with the
visitors amused themselves  watching
the different games, walking  around
the city, or partaking in the festivities-
ofthe bowerys.    About 7 p.  m.  the-
trains commenced to tako them to their
different destinations and by 10 o'clock
they had  all departed,  well pleased
with themselves and  ready to bwoar
that Clare people know how to handle
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Tho hose race in tho afternoon between Evart and Clare was as exciting
a ono as has ever been seen iu this city.
By the watch Clare lrvl th'- laeo won
by i1., seconds, but as the Evart people
aro quite good talkers they got around
the j\idges and prevailed upon those
gentlemen to call it a draw, >o that
they would have money enough to take
them home with. The game of baseball to be played between Clare aud
Midland was postponed on account of
a small shower of rain coming down at
the time the umpire was getting ready
to call "play ball."
Taking everything altogether it was
one of the most successful celebrations
ever held in this city.
Five bowerys done their share to
help the people, especially the younger
ones, to put in the day  and   evening.
The most familiar cries heard on the-
streets were " Dinner this way, only 25-
cents," "One more couple this way."
The new hotel opened its doors to the
people on this day by having an elegant
dinner served in the back part, and a
bowery in the front part. "Twas truly
a great opening.
Many words of praise was heard on
the tasteful manner in which the business firms had their places of business
decorated.
Clare hose boys say thoy will givo the
championship to the Evarts on kicking, but that they will never be able to
win it on the merits of their running.
Although it was as large a crowd as
was ever in Clare at one time, yet there
were accommodations for all, as everything that could be turned into an eating house was done so, and no one went
away hungry. The day passed off very
quietly, and for so large a crowd a more
orderly one could not be found anywhere.
PERSONALS.
A. J. Doherty makes a very tree looking drum major.
" Tip" Calkins acted as though he
had been born in a hotel, the way he
hustled,
Bill Parrish and Mel Austin were not
kept very busy.   Crowd too quiet.
The quartet from Mt. Pleasant were*
as fine (in their way) as we ever had tho
pleasure of hearing.
Editor Menerey, of the Coleman Independent, came up to see the crowd.
R. M. Mussell and John Giberson did
not please the Clare hose company, but
Evart thinks they are O, K. The Clare,
boys swear by Dr. Todd.
Charlie Bigley was all over and e-rery-
where when the race was being run.
The K. of P. bandreceived their share
of the "praise. They deserve it, as they
are as fine as the finest.
Everybody says Clare L. S, L. O. L. is.
O.K.