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MIDSUMMER PRICES
All 20e Pongees T"™ri0 reduced to 16e.
All 15e and 12 l-2e Outing Flannels Educed to lOe.
Other Siammer O-oocis in _Propo3Ai.b_a.
ATTENTION:   Don't think for a minute you can put this chaiicfc off and get them
later for you oan't, the desirable ones will be picked up at once.      }V i
We have Boys' High Cut Shoes usually sold at $2.00
That we are selling1 fast at $1.65.
Stark "A" Grain Bags.
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We have no trouble in suiting our customers.
We have the goods and"'our pr|
TJEI'OKT OF THE CONDITION
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CLARE COUNTY SAYINGS
AT CLARE. MICHNUN,
At the dose <>f iiuMin-ss July ;', ih'.u.
meneed business July 1st, W91.
RESOl'RCE.S.
Loans and discounts	
Stocks, bonds, mortgages, etc	
Overdrafts 	
Due from banks in reserve cities...,
Due. from other hanks and hankers.
Banking house	
Furniture amlllxturcs	
Current expenses aud taxes paid...
Checks and i-a^li items  . ...
Nickels and pennie"	
Gold	
Silver	
U. S. and National Hunk Notes	
BAM,
"Mrs. G. A. Graves, of St.  Louis, is 1 Mr.   and Mrs.  Eyke,  of Harrison,
'. visiting relatives and friends in this [changed ears at Glare "Wednesday on
! Various items of interest _"rom * city. 'their way to Wisconsin on a visit.
NEWS AND NOTES
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LIABILITIES.
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Commercial deposits	
Savings deposits	
Certificates of Deposit	
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State of Miciiioan, County of Clare, ss :
I, C. H. Sutherland, Cashier, of the
above named Bank, do solemnly swear
that the above statement is true to the
best, of my knowledge and belief.
C. II. Sutherland, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
18th day of July, 1891.'
Wm. A. Goodman, Notary Public.
Correct— Attest:
C. W. Perry, i
Jos. Hudson, [ Directors.
Eollin H. Jenney. )
Strayed-A small white pig. Any
information will be thankfully received
by Wm. Parrish.
I am now prepared to correct defective vision, have just received the improved system for fitting speetical
lenses to the eyes. Something new and
practical. Ed. A. WiiiTE,
Clare Jeweler and Optician.
Various Sources.
Tory warm weather.
Try " R. M. M." cigar.
Currants are ripening.
Head the change of ads.
Strawberry season is gone.
Did you " take in " the races ? j
Elegant hammocks at Mussell's. !
Refreshing shower Tuesday night.
'• R. M. M." cigar at Mussell's, "> cts.    '
Josiah Horning, Saginaw, yesterday.
The festive   potato bug is busy at
work.
Fish hooks, lines, poles, reels, etc.. at
Mussell's.
Farmers are in the midst  of haying j
aud harvesting.
"Wolsky's new block is rapidly near-
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4i,4MjiK! ing completion.
S. C. Zeiter, of Loomis, was in the
city on Saturday,
Miss Carrie Rockafellow lias been
quite ill this week.
Dr. Evans, of Farwell, was in the city
the first of the week.
If you intend to paint get your colors
at Mussell's drug store.
Rev. C. W. Smith, of Harrison, drove
over to Clare this week.
Miss Eloise Stickle is visiting with
her aunt at Mt. Pleasant.
Thos. Holbrook was in Loomis doing business on Wednesday.
Doctress Goodman, of Loomis, made
Clare a visit on Wednesday.
Master Guy Grooms, of Flint, is visiting young friends in Clare.
The best 5 ct. smoke on the market is
the "R. M. M." at Mussell's.
People never sympathize with those
whom they cannot understand.
Mrs. S. Ave. Wilson, of Harrison, visited Clare the first of the week.
For Sale.
At a bargain, 80 acres good land in
Sheridan township. Situate e* *_" of s
w J4 of sec 20. Inquire of C. W. Perry,
Clare, Mich., or of Joseph H. Thomas,
Port Oram, N. J.
More Pensions and Bounty.
A gentleman representing Milo B.
Stevens & Co., of Washington, D. C,
and Detroit, Mich,, can be seen at the
Central Hotel, Gladwin, Thursday, July
30th, and at the Stevens House, Clare,
Friday, July 31st, by persons desiring
information concerning pensions, bounties,, etc., or having claims which they
desire to have prosecuted by said attorney1!. Fee in straight increase claims
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Miss Winnie Benner is visiting friends
at Coleman for a couple of days.
Miss May Levington visited friends
in Harrison the first of the week.
Deer is said to bo quite plentiful in
the northern part of Claro county,
J. Imerman started for the east on
Monday, returning Wednesday night.
Cherries were never known to be
more abundant than they are this year.
J. R. Goodman, of Loomis, was in the
city on business the first of the week.
Fred Hickey was one of the visitors
to Saginaw and Bay City on Wednesday.
Threshing machines are at work and
will have lots of chewing to do for a
fact.
The King's Daughters will meet with
' Mrs. M. W. Waller nex' Thursday after-
;il(-   ;l.
( jerries are sold at the rate of two
| cents per quart in the south part of the
: state.
! Go and look at tlie American sowing
! machines at DeVogt's photograph gal-
i lery.
', Mrs. C. E. Mussell, of Mt. Pleasant,
is the guest of Mrs. Wm. Giberson in
this city.
Miss Fanny Gardiner, of Farwell, visited iu Clare this week, the guest of
Miss Stanley.
Big feet are not so much of a nuisance j
if the owners know how to handle them
on public occasions.
I    James  Warren and   Oliver Beemer
: have been taking in the races at De-
i troit during the week.
I    Men spend nine-tenths of their time
■ in looking for favors, and less than one-
tenth in doing favors.
i    Four ball croquet sets, 50 cents; <3
' ball sets, 70 cents ; 8 ball sets 09 cents,
! at Mussell's drug store.
j    Mrs. C. W. Smith, of Harrison, visit-
j ed with Mrs. R. Lamb Wednesday and
Thursday of this week.
j    Miss Nina Turner, of Evart, is  visit-
I ing in Clare, the guest of her sister,
I Mrs. A. H. Rockafellow.
Misses Nellie and Hattie Moriarty, of
Saginaw, are visiting their cousin, Mrs.
I). McPhall, in this city.
Mr. John Saunders, of Mt. Pleasant,
visited his daughter, Mrs. M. D. Davis,
in this city over Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Schutt, of Sullivan, Muskegon county, are the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Ross.
Mrs. S. C. Kirkbride returned last
evening from Mendon, where she Las
been visiting sine e the 4th.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Hatch, of Harrison,
were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. James
Louch in this city this week.
B. E. Calkins has sold his stock of
general merchandise at Calkinsville
and will, engage in lumbering.
Wm. Giberson returned on Monday
from a three or four days' business trip
in the south part of the state.
Wm. Dwyer is having the interior ot
his saloon decorated in fine style.
Henry Holbrook is doing the job.
Work on the new brick school houso
is progressing favorably, though it will
take some hustling to have it campletell
by September 1st.
1 Mussell undersells all other dealers
in. the city on paints, oils and varnishes.
Best qualities on the market, too.
Mrs. 0. A. Kirkpatrick, formerly of
Clare, but now of Bay City, is visiting
old friends in this city this week.
The Claro K. of P. baud are making
calculations to go to Detroit at the
time of the G. A. R. encampment.
When a man undertakes to make a
fool of himself lie never meets anyone
who questions his ability to do so.
Frank Tucker's Company in " A False
ilarriage " at Doherty opera house last
evening gave excellent satisfaction.
A large plate glass for tho Wolsky
block was broken ono day recently
while being unloaded at this station.
Carpenters have been at work on the
interior of the post office this week,
putting in a number of new lock boxes.
The members of the 1st street Baptist church gave a picnic at Stevenson
lake on Tuesday. All report a good
time.   ,
Mrs. G. *W. Piper, of Saginaw, visited
in Clare three or four days this week,
the guest of her mother, Mrs. M. D.
Davis.
Mrs. H. W. Pierce and children went
to Clear Creek, Ont., last week for a five
Or six weeks' visit with parents and
friends.
: Barney Langtry, conductor of the
tMeredith division of the F. & P. M. has
been taking a vacation of a few days at
Detroit.
Samuel Levington, F. D. Patterson,
John Borison, Edward Unicome and Al
Mooney were at Saginaw on business
Tuesday.
John J. Hanley, of tho firm of Rear-
don Bros., of Midland, visited with his
sister, Mrs. M, J. Ash of this city, on
Tuesday.
Ed. A/White's new house is completed,
and his household goods are being
moved in this week, pre?paratory to
housekeeping.
It is very much easier for the average
man to make a sacrifice for a friend
than it is to resist telling him afterward
that it was a sacrifice.
Tho Ladies' Cemetery Association will
serve a 10 cent supper at G. A. R. hall
Friday, July 31st. Come one,.come all,
and help a good cause.
Mrs. Wm. Goodman and Mrs. C. H.
O'Douald, with their families, have been
camping at Stevenson lake. They report an enjoyable time.
An invitation to an evening reception
calls for a written regret, but whether
you accept or decline, a formal
should be made afterwards.
Grey Rutherford, who has acted as
relief for Joe Meyers at the freight office for the past week, returned to his
home at Milford on Monday.
Only about twenty people from Clare
went on the excursion to Whitmore
lake on Sunday, but they report a big
crowd there and a jolly time,
Mrs. McConnell, who has been the
guest of Mr, and Mrs. Thos. Presley in
Clare for some time past, roturned to
her home at Saginaw oij Tuesday.
" Uncle Josh Whitcomb " will be played by Frank Tucker's Company at
Doherty opera house f o-night. Proceeds
for benefit of Clare K. of P, band.
Tho Ladies' Aid Society of the M. E,
church will serve ice cream at the home
of Mrs. Jeffries on Saturday afternoon
and ovoning. Every one is cordially invited.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Tillotson and family, of Saginaw, were the guests of Mr.
aud Mrs. A. J. Doherty in this city over
Sunday, returning home Monday afternoon.
George J. Cummins was in the city
Tuesday on his way home to Harrison,
having been at Whitmore Lake, Alma,
St. Louis and Mt. Pleasant during the
two or three days previous.
J, II. Wilson, the merchant  tailor,
wont to Big Rapids on Friday night j
where he will visit for a couple of days
and then start for Chicago, where he
intends to spend about a week.
The man that spends his time trying
to injure his competitor is bound sooner or later to come to grief. Honorable
business rivalry is commendable, the
opposite is simply disgraceful.-
AVe hear a good deal about smokeless
powder. There is a statue, a cannoni-
zation, an immortality and an everlasting gratitude for tho man who will invent a smokeless cigarette.—Ex.
The Detroit A>(cs, after years of combatting the idea of a large newspaper,
has succumed and is now regularly issued as an eight-page paper. Increase
of business compelled it to enlarge.
Stevenson, lake is getting to be quite
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tho Glare PL Of P. band and a large"j
number of Claro people aro intending
to go there next Sunday and spend the
day.
John Edwards brought to this ofllee
this morning a sample of wheat from
his farm, the berry being the largest
aud plumpest we have ever seen. He
says that wheat will be a very large
yield this year.
\V. II. & F. A. Wilson are closing up
their buLsuess affairs preparatory to a
division of the property and a dissolution of partnership, which means that
their stay in Harrison will not number
many more moons. <
There is considerable complaint being made against boys and young men
going iu bathing in the river north of
the city, and unless the practice is stopped at ouce some one is liable to be
" raked over the coals."
A very enjoyable time was had last
Wednesday evening by a number of the
young people of this city at the home
of Miss Maggie Patient. Ice cream,
cake, watermelon and bananas were
served, to which all did ample justice.
Two sweet Clare young ladies were
out riding when a swarm of bees attempted to take possession of the rig.
The horse was whipped up and it was
an exciting race for a time, but the bees
were finally left behind.— Detroit Xews.
An attempt was again made to enter
Rogers' beer house last Friday night,
but without success. It has not yet
been discovered who the culprits were,
but suffice to say that they mado a miserable failure and had to go away as
dry as they came.
Don't permit a boy to eat more than
fifteen times a day if you can help it.
Don't eat on an empty stomach unless
you feel hungry. Don't forget that we
are publishing the best paper in this
section of the country, and that now is
the time to subscribe.
Clare Tent K. O. T. M. held a special
meeting on Tuesday evening for the
purpose of electing a delegate to the
grand encampment of that order at
Jackson, which is held in August. Sir
Kt. Com. John Giberson was elected to
go as delegate from this tent.
Will H. Ward, a former Clare boy, re
turned to his home in Chicago on Tuesday after a five or six days' visit in this
city with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John O. Callaghan, and other friends
hero. Will now fills a position of proof
reader on the Chicago Herald
J. Kelley, who was acting as conduc
tor in the absence of Barney Langtry,
had his shoulder dislocated on Tuesday, while attempting to catch hold of
the ladder on the side of a freight car.
His shoulder wras put back in its proper place, although it was a very painful
operation.
On Monday, Thomas Dwyer and
brother-in-law, George T. Jackson, de-
call ] parted for Canada, where the former
will superintend lumbering operations
for the Saginaw Salt & Lumber Co, It
will take about three years to complete-
the job. They will run three camps
during the coming winter.
According to the now school law,
teacher's certificates of the first grade'
will be good for four years throughout,
the state instead of three years as at
present. Tho second grade certificates
will be valid for three years instead of
two. The length of the time for which
those of the third grade will be valid
will remain at one year.
The brick work on the Calkins is.
completed and carpenters aro now putting on the cornice. Plasterers have
beeu at work upon the interior for the
past couple of days and it will not be
long before that is also finished. It
will not be far from the first of September when the hotel will be ready for
occupancy and everybody will be glad
of it.
Frank Tucker's Comedy Company
played " A False Marriage " at Doherty
opera house last evening to a very large
audience. Satisfaction was so general
that Muuugi. r Doherty set to work at
once Id hiivi tliemiviuaiu the following
night and give an entertainment for the
benefit of the Clare K. of P. band. The
play tlii'- i-v(ulntr will be "Joshua Whitcomb."
Prosecuting Attorney Burritt went to
Lansing Wednesday for (he purpose of
presenting a petition to Gov. Winans
praying him to remove from office the
supervisor, clerk, treasurer, commissioner of highways aud justices of the
peace of the township of Arthur, alleging neglect of duty and several other
causes. The decision has not yet been
received.
Sheriff Doty and his deputy, C. J.
Pease, went to Detroit Wednesday as
escorts to Dr. Gray and Frank Parrish,
of Clare, and James Lock, of Mann's
Siding, Hatton township, all three of
whom Avill board at tho house of correction for the next 90 days. Gray and
Parrish were arrested for drunkenness.,
lan4 Lgok for assault and batt.ry upon ,
{a wiu*vw'oman who refused to^r*8o*5i-^r'<!'
his attentions. All were sentenced by
Justice Bogue, at Harrison.
An exchange says that progressive
hammock parties are the latest craze
and it is said to knock the spots oft* of
progressive pedro or euchre. Any progressive young lady and gentleman can
play it. The game can be enjoyed anywhere, provided always there are plenty
of shaded locations for tin hammocks
so that the fair occupants shall in no
case be moon struck. When the hostess
strikes the gong every young gentleman marches to the next hammock.
Prizes are awarded to the most entertaining conversationalist of either sex.
The gentlemen vote for the ladies aud
vice versu, Any young man found with ■
a long hair on his shoulder or complexion powder on his coat sleeve is
subject to a heavy fine,
A terrible accident, which probably
would have resulted in a loss of life,
was narrowly averted last Sunday on the
Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michigan
railroad just north of Owosso Junction.
A " strap " had broken, allowing the
rails on one side to spread some six or
eight inches. Two little boys passing
aloug on the track happened to notice
the condition aud realizing the danger
hastened and informed their mother.
Knowing ths,t an excursion train from
the uorth was soon due, freighted with
human lives on the way to Whitmore
Lake, she ran up the track aud succeeded in flagging the train" to a stop a
few rods from where the threatening
danger awaited. The woman should
have been liberally rewarded by the
company and the passengers whose
property and lives she saved, but 'tis«
stated that all the compensation she
received was a pass over the road good
for one year.
. The remains of Mrs. Mary C. Kirkpatrick, wife of Ephram Kirkpatrick,
were brought to this city yesterday
from Coleman for interment in Cherry
Grove cemetery. Services were held in-
the M. E. church immediately upon the
arrival of the train, conducted by Rev.
L. L. Tower. Mrs. Kirkpatrick died
Wednesday morning at her home in
Coleman of paralysis of the brain. She
had been ill more or less for about four
years and at times had been a great
sufferer. Her age was 33 years at the
tune of death. Mr. and Mrs. K. were
married about 12 years ago. Four
children blessed their union, one of
whom is dead, at whose side she was >
laid yesterday, accordiug to her request. The other three children, all
girls, aged 3, 7 and 11 years, together
with their father, aro left to mourn the
departure of a loving mother and wife.
Mrs, KirkpatrickAvas a daughter of Mr..
Patrick McPhall, of Vernon township:.
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