1891-07-31; Clare Democrat and Press

              ESTABLISHED:
Democrat, Dec, 1884.
Press, April, 1878.
CLARE, MICH., FRIDAY, JULY 31, ■8qi
Official Paper for
Clare County and CITY.
NEW SERIES NO. 105.
PTTW Dry Goods and Shoes
Sho? D?p2|r{m?iv_.
Ladies Serge Top Kid Buttonphoes.
Machine sewed, Hand sewed,lHand Turned.
These Goods are Very fypular IJow.
Childrens' Spring Heel Shoes, Sizes 4 to 10 1$,
Misses Spring Heel. Shoes, Sizes 11 to 2.
O tar Shoes Embrace
STYLE, FIT, DURABILITY.
These Qualities have Built us a Big* Trade.     •»
TIDAL ME Of PROSPERITY
The  Building  Boom   is Here and
Manufacturing Industries aro
Looking this Way for
a  Location.
The Need of n Strong and Concentrated
Move  on the Part of   Citizens
and Representative ISus-
incss Men,
"CLARE IS I THE SHI."
Flattering Prospects that the Isabella County Indian Industrial
School Will be Located In
Vernon Township.
Mr. X. M. AiiHley, tlie Authorized
Agent, Ih    Here   tills  Morning
ainll After I^oolcingr tlie Matter
Over I» "Very Favorably
Dr^ Qoods dep'tm't
Careful Buyers are
GRASPING
15e Outing Flannels at
20e Pongees at
ee -qs foi< Bqi'gqiqs
lOe yd.
16e yd.
Gqll £111*3.
Kirl^bride.        Next to Postoffice
l^irlslorici^-
The Salvation Army.
Bay City's new weekly paper, Tit"
Day Cityan, has the following concerning it:
The Salvation Army is camping at
Wilder's grove, northwest of Bay City,
and their gyrations are attracting hosts
of people from the valley, who go there
through curiosity  alone.   They  have
their tents, in which they sleep and
eat, and every afternoon aud evening
hold sessions.      To   the enlightened t
they are really disgusting with their i
tambourine beating, bass drum pound-;
ing and attempts at singing.   Their ex- j
traordinary speeches, which all doubt -
I'erry  Foxworthy,  a   Painter,   Takes
Tumble of About Thirty Feet nnd
In  Uadly Injured.
nerve saved him from a terrible fall and j
probably instant death.
Perry Foxworthy, the man who was
so badly hurt, came here last spring
On Wednesday, shortly after partak- \ turn Baldwin, where he has a brother,
ing of the noonday meal, Henry ]Iol-.au I has been working at his trade in
brook, James   Alger  and Perry Fox-, this city since.   He formerly resided ut
worthy returned to work upon Wolskys j Houston, Texas.
new  brick  building.   They were  en-  __*-,	
T! gaged painting the cornice upon the j a Healthy and Steady Growth.
front of the building. Alger and Fox- j a circular justreceived from the cen-
worthy were on a scaffold about 30 feet; su.s department at Washington shows
above the sidewalk, while Holbrook was \ the population of Clare county in 1880
at work some distance above them ■ to have been 4,187 and in 1890 to he
painting upon one of the highest 7,558, an increase of 3,371, or 80.51 per
| points.   , i cent.   The census by townships is as
follows:
less endeavor tomakeonginal.cause as,    Suddcnl    the   HCaffolding began  to
much disgust as merriment, and an in-, ^. Poxwortuy_ mmble to rp.
teUigent person would scarcely wish to , ^ ^ ^ phmge(1 t() tlu, ^lo
go to heaven by that route    Here s one j ^ ^.^   _q ^ ^^ hp „ .ruck
of the songs originated at the meeting, ^^ ^^ fQ__
,  -C    J.1. .. l-l.....ln.  l.rt     C../,l/llrtT«   * I "
by one of the enthusiastic soldiers :
" There is a few flics un you,
There is a fow liii's on mi-,
15ut there is no tiles cm Jesus."
It would seem that this is as near
blasphemy as can be imagined, and
still they get new converts at every
show.
At a recent meeting one soldier who
didn't wish to be behind the others in
side splitting wit got up and said :
"What's the use of paying 15 cents a
pound for lamb chop, when you can get
the lamb of God for nothing."
The Day Cityan writes this to give intelligent people an idea of the different methods of soul-saving, and still
there are plenty of people who believe
this band of cranks is doing good in
the world.
Excursion to Detroit.
On account of the G. A. R. national
encampment at Detroit August 3d to
8th the T., A. A. & X. M. railway will
sell excursion tickets from all its stations to Detroit and return at one fare
for the round trip. Tickets can be procured via. D., G. H. & M., D., L. & X., or
M. C. railways, and will be good to return August 4th to 18th inclusive. Parties going from points north of Far-
well desiring to remain later than Aug.
18th will be granted an extension of
time for return passage until Sept. 30th,
1891, if presented by the purchaser to
the joint agent at Detroit August 10th
to 17th inclusive, Special trains will be
run through to Detroit August 3d and
4th. W. II. Bennett, G. P. A.
or five feet below, partially breaking his
fall and turning him slightly around.
He struck the sidewalk partially on his
head, knees and right side, his head a
] trifle first. His right leg was broken
between the knee and ankle by striking
i across a piece of 2x4 scantling-   He
I was badly bruised and his head quite
badly cut, from which the blood flowed
j freely. People who witnessed the accident rushed to the spot and expected
j to find him dead.   He was conveyed to
j his boarding house Mrs. Alger's residence on 5th street where his injuries
were attended. At last reports he was
resting as comfortably as could be expected, his recovery being only a question of time.
James Alger saved himself a similar
fall by landing on the scaffold about
five feet below, where he managed to
stick, and he feels thankful that the
distance was no greater.
When the scaffold began to give way,
Henry Holbrook was one of the first to
notice it, and only by a quick move-
1890.
Arthur township  108
Franklin township  S45
Frost township  13*
Grant      "       including Clare
village  1,008
Clare village  1,174
Greenwood township  -5!)
Unmilton township, including
Dodge village  508
Dodge village,  all
Hatton township  535
Hayes township.including Harrison village  M4
Harrison village  762
Sheridan township  093
Summerfield township  1*7
Surrey township.ineluding Far-
well village  1,292
Farwell village  of*
Winterileld township  363
1880.
U8
1,308
502
235
373
129
*90
195
1,159
621
273
The Silver Encampment.
The P. & P. M. R. R. Co. has issued a
neat little folder announcing the holding of the 25th national encampment of
the Grand Army of the Republic at Detroit, and the rate for excursion tickets
at half fare. It also contains a six-
verse poem entitled "He Changed His
Views," by Jack Crawford.
The story is told in rhyme of the
meeting of two old veterans of the late
war. One had been to the last encampment at Boston and the other had not;
in fact he thought it foolish to spend
money in that way, after he had
" toiled mos' tarnal hard for the cash."
But when he was told who were there
that he knew, and that one in particular had attended the encampment on
purpose to see him, old memories
flashed before him and "he changed
his views."
The poem closes as follows:
"Who?  Aleck Pierce, as toted me a mil* or
moro one night
Whon I was wounded in  tlie hip
durnedShiloh light?
An' ho was thar?   '   "
to seo mo?
Wal, by tho gods of war!
the next'un be?"
The time is here when Clare has reached a critical perioiHn her history. Her
reputation as one of the liveliest and
most important young cities in Central
Michigan is being firmly established,
and now the timo has come for prompt
and decisive action if wo would take
advantage of the tide of prosperity that
is rolling this way. A canvass of the
city shows business of every kind in a
healthy condition, and people of all
vocations busy, especially is this true
of mechanics. With them the season
has been the most prosperous for |
years. So great has been the demand
for labor that hundreds of working-
men have been imported this spring.
Many have been at work upon the new
buildings in course of construction,
others have found employment in our
mills and factories, while their influx
has given an impetus to business that
all must have seen and appreciated.
The " hand writing on the wall" points
to   more   manufacturing   industries,
which should be secured and put in
operation at the earliest possible date.
The Democrat-Press is informed that
a furniture factory in this city is an assured thing and will be in operation
'era many months roll by.   A carriage
manufactory in Virginia, with a capital
stock of 850,000, employing from 100 to
150 hands tho year 'round, is now negotiating with our  representative business men with a view of locating in our
city.   Parties from Detroit havo also
been figuring to locate hero with a first-
class planing mill and sash and door
factory; and another has an eyo on this
city for the location of a 50-barrel roller
process flouring mill.   'Tis nip and tuck
between, this city and one of our neighboring towns Which Trill secure ~t__ location of an ashery,  or soap factory.
Every ono of these industries would
give employment to a greater or less
number of hands, and every fair and
honorable   means   at   our   command
should be put to bear to induce them,
ona and all, to locate here.
The critical period is here and it
should be recognized by every progressive citizen. The tide is beginning to
flow this way and the city should bo
ready to receive it; aye, oven more,
meet it half way to aid it in the march.
The present year has laid the foundation of an era of rapid development in
the business prosperity and growth of
our city, and to maintain and forward
this tidal wave we must have additional
manufacturing industries.
Impressed wltli tlie
Idea.
the hip at that
An' said he eome apurpose
Say, Dan, whar'll
Hicks' Storm Chart for August.
On the 4th of August we have the
center of a regular storm period, with
new moon added.   It willbe very warm.
| with best chances for rain and storms
j about 3d, 4th and 5th.   Very threaten-
! ing clouds,  tossed  by  northwesterly
j winds, are likely at this time—possibly
I causing a fall in temperature.   The 10th
j and 11th, with moon at first quarter on
the 12th, will bring prolonged reaction
j into higher  temperature  with  storm
tendencies.   Tho 15th is tho center of
the next   period.   Signs   of rain and
storms will  appear  about l-th, 15th,
lGth. Relief from very hot days will
ment ou his part did he save himself a J come, if at all, with tho change of wind
greater fall than that taken by Fox-) currents about the 17th.   The 20th and
Mussell undersells all other dealers
in the city on paints, oils and varnishes.
Best qualities on the market, too.
worthy, which would probably resulted
in instant death to him. He threw one
leg over a brace fastened from tho building onto tho scaffold, and managed to
get one hand-hold onto the cornice and
another onto an 1% inch diamond-
shaped ornament on tho front of the
building. Here he hung suspended between heaven and earth for the space
of two or three minutes, or until Wm.
Feighner, who was working on the second story, could climb up the ladder
onto the roof, reach over the cornice
and assist him to reach the roof.   Hol-
21st will renew the heat and result, perhaps, in thunder storms. The 26th,
27th and 28th are storm days, in which
a crisis of high temperature will cross
tho country, attended by rainstorms
and followed by cooler temperature.
A Pleasant Affair.
The Eagle River (Wis.) Review, of
July 23rd, contained the following bit
of news, which will interest the many
friends in this city of tho groom :
Mr. Mart Hirzel of this place and
Miss Rose Allen of Norfolk. Virginia,
were married last evening at the residence of the bride's mother in this village, O. B. Moon, justice of the peace,
performing the ceremony. The wedding was a very quiet one, only the immediate relatives of the parties being
present. After the ceremony the happy couple repaired to tho village hall
where a very pleasant reception was
held. After receiving the congratulations of their numerous friends the
hall was cleared and dancing was the
order of the balance of tho evening
until the wee small hours. The groom
has been in business hero for the past
five or six years and his numerous
friends testified their best wishes for
tho future happiness of tho couple by
presenting them with a fine plush
rocker and a center table.
Michigan's Citizen Soldiers.
The encampment at Whitmore lake
last week will not soon be forgotten: by
those who were fortunate enough to
have been present. The pomp aud
blazonry of war were seen iu all their
seductiveness, and the splendid soldierly bearing of the boys won for them
the admiration of all who saw them.
Eighty eight car loads of excursionists
were brought to the lake Sunday, July
loth, aud too much credit cannot be
given the Toledo, Ann Arbor <.t North
Michigan railway for the prompt and
careful manner in which they were
handled.
It is a popular road with the traveling public and is becoming more- so
every year. This is tho result of first-
class train service and careful and gentlemanly employes who do everything
in their power to please the public, besides this it has the best connections
of any road in Michigan, and is the
short line between the Saginaw Valley,
Grand Rapids, Lansing, Battle Creek,
Ionia, Kalamazoo,Gree_ville, Muskegon
and all principal points in Northern
and Western Michigan and Toledo and
Detroit. It is also the shortest route
from tho south to the summer hunting
and fishing resorts of Northern Michigan, and if tourists and others will consult their own interests they will see
that their tickets read via T„ A, A. it N.
M. railway.
Tho Mt. Pleasant Tribune of last week
contained the following paragraph :
Mr. T. S. Ansloy arrived in this city
yesterday from Ashland, Wisconsin, under instructions from the commissioner
of Indian affairs at Washington, to- examine tho different sites offered for sale
for the location of an Indian Industrial
school. The appropriation by tho last
congress for this school of e_5,000, -is
not large, making it important that the
200 acres for site be secured at tho
lowest possible figures to leave sufficient funds to erect the necessary and
suitable buildings, Mr, Ansloy will remain hero several days giving the matter thorough and careful study before
making recommendations.
The Tribune appears to have struck
tho key-note full aud clear when it said
that" Mr, Ansley will give the matter
thorough and careful study before making   recommendations."   Tho   gentleman staid at Mt. Pleasant several days
looking over different tracts of land in
the vicinity of that city which were recommended to him by people there who
were interested in the matter, but when
he would negotiate for terms he fovjrju
in every instance that the owner .had
put on a " fancy price," thinking fihat
the government would pay the charges
and no questions asked.   But fortunately (or unfortunately for them)   Mr,
Ansley is a "bird of another feather"
and proposes to see that tho business is
done on the square.   Land in the vicinity of Mt. Pleasant that was liable to bo
wanted for a location for tho Indian Industrial School rapidly rose in value t
from S30 and S10 per acre to $50 and
even $70 per acre, which would make the
cost of the 200 acre farm from 810,000
to Sl-1,000, leaving a very small amount
|with Kd-tchto erecttM»wft&s»"^J*,*^%~
J*8"S'    ' ", ..    ^-»^~
Mr. Ansley soon became disgusted
with affairs at the windy city and has
been prospecting different parts of tho
county of late on his own hook. Affairs were nearly t.s bad at Shepherd.
Loomis wants the school bad, but apparently is " not in it."
Mr. Ansley arrived at Clare this
morning and upon making liimself and
business known was waited upon by _
committee of representative citizens
aud shown about our city. He was
shown a tract of land just over the
county line, in Vernon township, containing 120 acres, owned by C. W.
Perry, and another tract of 80 acres,
just north, which is owned by a man
named McCrimmen. The tract lies
just over the line in Isabella county,
on the outskirts of the city. Mr. Ansley seemed to be very favorably impressed and thought it about the best
location he had yet found. The provisions of the bill making the appropriation also provides that the Industrial School must be located in Isabella county. Mr. Ansley states that tho
commissioner does not desire to pay
over 85000 for the site, which would
leave a balance of 520,000 for the necessary buildings. He states that there
would be some 300 or Ml Indians located on the farm.
In company with J. W. Calkins, Mr.
Ansley drove over to Calkinsvillo this
forenoon on matters of business.
Reflects, as a Mirror.
"Why is it,*' asks a citizen, "that
newspapers make so many misstatements?" "Well," said the reporter of
twenty years' experience, "the papers
have to tell, as most of the news, the
stories that men like you tell them,
and it is a moral impossibility for nine
out. of ten men to tell a thing as it
really was. Some may tell it as it
seemed to them, but what one man
will swear to as the truth the next man
will characterize as a lie."—-Printer's
Album.
Strayed :—There came onto my premises; one mile west of Clare, some tiine
during the month of April, a dark iron
gray roan yearling colt, light strip J&
forehead and light foot. Supposed to
bo a Texan pony colt. Owner will
please call, prove property, pay charges
and take same away.
3wks Wm, H-BE-.
Every traveler in this portion of the
state will remember the railroad station buildings at Owosso Junction,
whereat passengers on the Michigan
Central and Detroit, Grand Haven &
Milwaukee railroads have been wont to
embark from and disemhark at for lo 1
these many years. Friday night tho
structures burned to the ground, together with the baggage room and offices Of the National and American express companies.
The Rogers City Democrat says, "Clare
had a hard timo last wee_, when a
heavy storm struck the place, unroofing
barns and tearing down trees. No ono
hurt." Truly, this is news to tho people of this place. That's something almost unheard of by the people down in
this section of God's country,
I am now prepared to correct defective vision, havo just received the improved system for fitting spectical
lenses to the eyes. Something new and
practical. Ed. A. WhIte,
Clare Jeweler and Optician.
Pishing tackle, all kinds, at Mussell's.
The following amounts havo been
paid on subscription to the Democrat-
Press since our last issue :
S.A. Gleason, Clare ,  SI 50
C. S. Chase.       "        160
O. B. Davis-       "           so
E. L. Pratr,        "        100
Mnttie Hollenbeek, Thomas      50
R. N. Holden, of Reed City, manufacturer of Holdon's blood, liver and
kidney cure, magic oil, etc., was in the
city yesterday. The doctor has gained"
a wide reputation for his medicines.ai_l
we can cheerfully recommend t_SB_ as
being first-class. Herrick & Harris,
Main street, Clare, has tb.eni for sale.
3wks-pd
Pour ball croquet sets, 50 cents-; *C
ball sots, 70 cents ; 8 ball sets 99 cents,
at Mussell's drug store.
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